Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.

In MS-Word, which of the following options allows you to combine (or combine) two or more cells in a table?

  1. Distributed Rows
  2. Eraser
  3. Split Table
  4. Merge Cells

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : Merge Cells

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The correct answer is Merge Cells.

Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.
Key Points

  • First, use the Layout tab to access the Merge Cells button.
  • Second, use the Merge cells option found on the context menu when you right-click on the selected table cells.
  • This will allow you to quickly access the Merge cells option.
  • Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.

Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.
Additional Information

  • Distributed Rows
    • Select the rows that you want to affect.
    • Choose the Layout tab on the ribbon.
    • Click the Distribute Rows tool, in the Cell Size group.
  • Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.
  • Erase table lines by using the Eraser button.
    • To do this, click the “Layout” tab of the “Table Tools”. contextual tab in the Ribbon. Then click the “Eraser” button in the “Draw” button group.
    • After clicking this button, your mouse pointer turns into an eraser when you hold it over the document.

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It's easy to merge cells in the tables you add to Microsoft Word documents.

This feature works the same in all modern versions of Microsoft Word: 2010, 2013, and 2016.

  1. Select the cells you want to merge (by pressing Shift and clicking).
  2. From the Table Tools Layout tab, in the Merge group, select Merge Cells.
    Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.

Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.

Even though a table starts out as a strict grid of cells, you can change a table’s layout by merging multiple cells together, as well as splitting a cell into multiple cells.

Merge Cells

You can combine several smaller cells into a single, larger cell that spans the space previously occupied by the individual cells.

  1. Select multiple cells that share a border.
  2. Click the Layout tab in the Table Tools ribbon group.
  3. Click the Merge Cells button.

    Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.

The selected cells are merged into a single cell that takes up the entire width and height of the original cells.

You can also right-click the selected cells and select Merge Cells from the menu.

Split Cells

Cells can also be broken up into several smaller cells by using the Split Cells command.

  1. Select a cell.
  2. Click the Split Cells button in the Layout tab.
  3. You can also right-click a cell and select Split Cells from the menu.

  4. Enter the number of rows and columns you want the cell split into.
  5. Click OK when you're done.

    Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.

The selected cell is split into the set number of columns and rows.

Split Tables

You can also split an entire table in two, letting you move part of it somewhere else. You can move the new part to another page, another document, or just add text or images in the space between the split table.

  1. Place the text cursor in the row that you want the second table to start with.
  2. Splitting a table will split it right above the selected line.

  3. Click the Split Table button.

    Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.

The table is split.

Combine two selected cells by clicking this button on the table tools layout tab.

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