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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147240"><bookmark_value>cells; merging/splitting</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>splitting cells;by menu command</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>merging;cells</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw made "cell merges;" a one level entry</comment>
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</variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide "table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #63021</comment></paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1211890" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can select adjacent cells, then merge them into a single cell. Conversely, you can take a large cell and divide it into individual cells.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5708792" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6301461" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Table - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3415936" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4044312" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Table - Split Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id634174" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">A dialog allows you to split the cell into two or more cells, horizontally or vertically.</paragraph>
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