Here is a tutorial where I cover this alternative of merge and center This makes sure that you can continue to sort and filter the data.
When you use Center Across Selection, it does the same thing that Merge & Center does, without actually making the selection one single cell. When you merge cells in Excel (as shown below), it robs you of the ability to correctly sort or filter the data. There is a right way to do something in Excel and there is a wrong way to do it.Īnd in some cases, merging cells is the wrong way! In case you have a lot of merged cells and you want to quickly unmerge all of these, you can use the FIND and REPLACE option to quickly find all the merged cells and then unmerge all at once. Note that when you unmerge cells that already has some text in it, all the text goes to the top-left cell of the selection. Just select the cells that are merged and then you can use the shortcut, or the option in the ribbon (or QAT if you have added it). Just like you can merge the cells, you can use the same steps to unmerge these cells as well. Now when you want to merge cells, simply select those and click on the icon in the QAT. The above steps would add the Merge & Center button in the QAT.
In the Excel Options dialog box, select the Merge & Center option (you may have to scroll down a bit).In the Quick Access Toolbar, click on the ‘Customize Quick Access Toolbar’ option.When you do this, you can access merge and center options with a single click, as the QAT is always visible when you’re working in Excel.īelow are the steps to add Merge and Center option to the QAT: Adding Merge and Center Button to the Quick Access Toolbar (One Click)Īnother really quick way is to add the Merge and Center option in the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT). The above steps would instantly merge the cells and align the text in these to the center.Īgain, in case you have any text in the cells already, only the text in the top-left cell would be retained and rest will be discarded. In the alignment group, click on the Merge and Center option.Suppose you want to merge the three cells (A1:A3). If you’re not a huge fan of keyboard shortcut (and I agree that the keyboard shortcut for merge and center is a bit long and hard to remember), you can also use the option in the Excel ribbon. Merge and Center Using the Ribbon Options If you don’t want this to happen, you can click on the Cancel button. Thankfully, Excel first shows you a prompt as shown below before making the change. When you merge cells, only the value in the top-left most cell is retained, and the rest is discarded. This means that you should hit the ALT key, then leave it and hit the H key, and so on. You need to use this keyboard shortcut with successive key presses. Suppose you want to merge and center three cells (A1:A3).Īnd then use the below keyboard shortcut to merge and center these three cells: ALT + H + M + C Adding Merge and Center Button to the Quick Access Toolbar (One Click).Merge and Center Using the Ribbon Options.This is accomplished with the command tool, and is a method that can save a lot of time and frustration.
#EXCEL SHORTCUT FOR MERGE MAC WINDOWS#
Sure, you could open each file individually and manually copy all of that data into one large file, but that can be very tedious, and is an exercise that is very prone to mistakes.įortunately Windows has a method that you can use to quickly combine all of your CSV files into one large file. Unfortunately these files often come in large numbers, and the data that they contain is often more valuable as a whole than as separate files. These files are often created automatically by different reporting systems on websites, or by internal systems at businesses, and the data that they contain can be very important. Whether you are handling data for yourself or as part of your job, then you may be the recipient of CSV files that were sent by another company, or that were generated as part of a process that is necessary for evaluating things like inventory or sales data.
But you may find yourself in a situation where you need to combine multiple CSV files into a larger file, particularly when you have downloaded a large amount of data that you need to manage or edit and it’s been downloaded as a bunch of separate CSV files. A CSV file can be useful to work with because it’s compatible with so many different systems and applications.
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