Pages User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- Whatโs new
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- Use iCloud Drive with Pages
- Export to Word, PDF or another file format
- Open an iBooks Author book in Pages
- Reduce the document file size
- Save a large document as a package file
- Restore an earlier version of a document
- Move a document
- Delete a document
- Lock a document
- Password-protect a document
- Create and manage custom templates
- Copyright
Merge or unmerge table cells in Pages on Mac
Merging table cells combines adjacent cells into a single cell. Unmerging cells that were previously merged retains all the data in the new top-left cell.
Here are some restrictions:
You canโt merge non-adjacent cells or cells from different areas of the table โ for example, cells from the body and the header.
You canโt merge columns or rows.
You canโt split a cell. If a cell has never been merged with another cell, it canโt be unmerged.
Merge cells
Go to the Pages app
on your Mac.Open a document with a table, then select two or more adjacent cells.
Control-click the cells, then choose Merge Cells.
Note: If the Merge Cells command is dimmed, you might have selected entire columns or rows, or a header cell and a body cell, which canโt be merged, even if theyโre adjacent.
These are the results of merging cells:
If only one of the cells contains content prior to merging, the merged cell retains the content and formatting of that cell.
If multiple cells contain content before merging, all the content is retained, but cells with a specific data format, such as numbers, currency or dates, are converted to text.
If a fill colour is applied to the top-left cell, the merged cell takes on the fill colour.
Unmerge cells
Go to the Pages app
on your Mac.Open a document with a table, Control-click the cells, then choose Unmerge Cells.
All the content from the previously merged cell appears in the first unmerged cell.
Merged cells are treated specially in formulas:
Refer to the cell directly in a formula by using the address of the merged cellโs top-left corner (for example, C3).
You canโt include only part of a merged cell in a cell range thatโs used in a formula.
If you refer to a cell in a formula, then merge the cell with cells that are outside the formulaโs intended range, the formula may result in an error.