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Split individual cells?
Is it possible to split individual cells into 2 separate cells?
I have a worksheet that basically has 2 sections: the top part alternates between wide columns (to accomodate long text) and narrower columns (to accomodate numbers). On the bottom section, i want the columns to contain mostly numbers, so the columns/cells don't need to be as wide. Can I split these cells on the bottom of the worksheet? Using a separate worksheet isn't really an option, as I want all the data to be contained on one printable page. Thanks! |
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Split individual cells?
No. Not possible in Excel.
-- ** John C ** "richzip" wrote: Is it possible to split individual cells into 2 separate cells? I have a worksheet that basically has 2 sections: the top part alternates between wide columns (to accomodate long text) and narrower columns (to accomodate numbers). On the bottom section, i want the columns to contain mostly numbers, so the columns/cells don't need to be as wide. Can I split these cells on the bottom of the worksheet? Using a separate worksheet isn't really an option, as I want all the data to be contained on one printable page. Thanks! |
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Split individual cells?
richzip,
Depending uppon how complex and/or lengthy your worksheet is, you may be able to achieve what you want with a kind of deconstruct/reconstruct process. The following steps could work for you, if it is not too time/labor intensive, based on your current formats, formulas, etc. Insert 2 or 3 extra columns by each wide column, and resize the width of all columns to the same value. Format the text in the previously wide columns to stretch across the new columns. Depending on how you want it to look, you can let the text overflow (uncheck "wrap text" in cell formatting), or format it to "center across selected cells" (select the desired cells and go to format|cells|alignment|horizontal|center across selection), or merge cells, though merging can cause more issues later, if changes need to be made. This will allow you to keep the look you have now, but still have multiple columns for your numeric data in the lower portion. You're technically not splitting cells, but the effect is similar if this will work in your instance. Hope this is explained clearly enough, and that it helps. CRS "richzip" wrote: Is it possible to split individual cells into 2 separate cells? I have a worksheet that basically has 2 sections: the top part alternates between wide columns (to accomodate long text) and narrower columns (to accomodate numbers). On the bottom section, i want the columns to contain mostly numbers, so the columns/cells don't need to be as wide. Can I split these cells on the bottom of the worksheet? Using a separate worksheet isn't really an option, as I want all the data to be contained on one printable page. Thanks! |
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