Merge cells You can combine two or more table cells located in the same row or column into a single cell. For example, you can merge several cells horizontally to create a table heading that spans several columns. Select the cells that you want to merge. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the Merge group, click Merge Cells. Split cells.
Click in a cell, or select multiple cells that you want to split. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the Merge group, click Split Cells. Enter the number of columns or rows that you want to split the selected cells into.
Merging cells is the process of combining two or more cells in a table and splitting cells is the process of splitting or dividing a cell into two or more cells within a.
Why would you possibly need more cells? I think the issue is not that more cells are needed, but rather that we want to do something that only takes one step in Word but requires multiple steps (plus a little thinking ahead) in Excel. To do this in Excel, you have to insert an empty column, then merge the header cells and other nonsplit cells, and then resize the column widths back to fit the original width. I was hoping that a shortcut existed, but I guess it doesn't. Maybe because Excel wouldn't know where to insert a split if it has never been split before (ie.
Word is a very layout/visually oriented program, so it keeps track of where the mouse is relative to content, but Excel is not made that way? This is all guessing, so please correct me if I'm wrong.