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sumrall90
Jun 16, 2021Copper Contributor
Merged Cells and Needing To Sort Information
I have exported the PDF document into an excel spreadsheet, but I am needing to sort the information by column "A", but I am getting the message "To do this, all merged cells need to be the same size...
- Jun 16, 2021
Merged cells cause all kinds of problems, it is best to avoid them
The relevant headers are in row 3, so select A4:AH452, then click to unhighlight the Merge & Center button, and finally sort on column A.
HansVogelaar
Jun 16, 2021MVP
Merged cells cause all kinds of problems, it is best to avoid them
The relevant headers are in row 3, so select A4:AH452, then click to unhighlight the Merge & Center button, and finally sort on column A.
sumrall90
Jun 16, 2021Copper Contributor
Thank you Hans Vogelaar, I appreciate your response. This will not delete any of the information I have in the document? It will keep all the information in the correct column/row/cell?
- HansVogelaarJun 17, 2021MVP
It won't delete anything.
Since merged cells will be unmerged, information that was first displayed centered over - say - columns C and D will now be displayed in column C. But it won't move to a different column.
- sumrall90Jun 17, 2021Copper ContributorThank you!