• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer

My Online Training Hub

Learn Dashboards, Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot

  • Courses
  • Pricing
    • Free Courses
    • Power BI Course
    • Excel Power Query Course
    • Power Pivot and DAX Course
    • Excel Dashboard Course
    • Excel PivotTable Course – Quick Start
    • Advanced Excel Formulas Course
    • Excel Expert Advanced Excel Training
    • Excel Tables Course
    • Excel, Word, Outlook
    • Financial Modelling Course
    • Excel PivotTable Course
    • Excel for Customer Service Professionals
    • Excel for Operations Management Course
    • Excel for Decision Making Under Uncertainty Course
    • Excel for Finance Course
    • Excel Analysis ToolPak Course
    • Multi-User Pricing
  • Resources
    • Free Downloads
    • Excel Functions Explained
    • Excel Formulas
    • Excel Add-ins
    • IF Function
      • Excel IF Statement Explained
      • Excel IF AND OR Functions
      • IF Formula Builder
    • Time & Dates in Excel
      • Excel Date & Time
      • Calculating Time in Excel
      • Excel Time Calculation Tricks
      • Excel Date and Time Formatting
    • Excel Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Excel Custom Number Format Guide
    • Pivot Tables Guide
    • VLOOKUP Guide
    • ALT Codes
    • Excel VBA & Macros
    • Excel User Forms
    • VBA String Functions
  • Members
    • Login
  • Blog
  • Excel Webinars
  • Excel Forum
    • Register as Forum Member

Search for Merged cells and unmerge them|General Excel Questions & Answers|Excel Forum|My Online Training Hub

You are here: Home / Search for Merged cells and unmerge them|General Excel Questions & Answers|Excel Forum|My Online Training Hub

vba course banner

Avatar
sp_LogInOut Log In sp_Registration Register
sp_Search Search
Advanced Search|Last Search Results
Search
Forum Scope




Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
sp_Search Search
sp_RankInfo
Lost password?
sp_CrumbsHome HomeExcel ForumGeneral Excel Questions & Answe…Search for Merged cells and unmerge…
sp_PrintTopic sp_TopicIcon
Search for Merged cells and unmerge them
Avatar
Ayal Telem
Member
Members
Level 0
Forum Posts: 18
Member Since:
October 7, 2021
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
1
April 25, 2023 - 11:15 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

Hi,

I have a file that one of its columns has some of its cells merged.

Is there a clever way to search for those merged cells, and is there a way to unmerge these cells and fill them with the right value?

I guess if you can un-merge those cells you can write a simple formula that will fill the empty cells, but I'm looking for something that does it all at once.

 

Regards,

Ayal Telem. 

sp_AnswersTopicSeeAnswer See Answer
Avatar
Hans Hallebeek
the Netherlands
Member
Members
Level 0
Forum Posts: 121
Member Since:
October 17, 2018
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
2
April 26, 2023 - 4:23 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

I suggest you take a look here

Find merged cells - Microsoft Support

 

A little advice: AVOID merged cells if you can it's a P in the A when processing worksheets

sp_AnswersTopicAnswer
Answers Post
Avatar
Velouria
London or thereabouts
Moderator
Members


Trusted Members

Moderators
Level 4
Forum Posts: 648
Member Since:
November 1, 2018
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
3
April 26, 2023 - 7:52 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

You can unmerge all the cells in the column at once. If you need to specifically find merged cells, unmerge them and then populate them with the original merged cell value and there might be other blank cells in the column, then you would need code to do it, but it wouldn't be complex - something like:

Sub UnmergeAndRepopulate()
Dim cell As Range
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each cell In Selection.Cells
If cell.MergeCells Then
Dim v
v = cell.Value
Dim mergedRange As Range
Set mergedRange = cell.MergeArea
With mergedRange
.UnMerge
.Value = v
End With
End If
Next cell
End Sub

Avatar
Ayal Telem
Member
Members
Level 0
Forum Posts: 18
Member Since:
October 7, 2021
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
4
April 27, 2023 - 10:25 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

Thanks both for replying.

Regarding avoidance, as Hans suggested, this was out of my hand as it was a file downloaded from a backward system...

sp_Feed
Go to top
Forum Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
Most Users Ever Online: 245
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 10
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Top Posters:
SunnyKow: 1432
Anders Sehlstedt: 873
Purfleet: 414
Frans Visser: 346
David_Ng: 306
lea cohen: 222
Jessica Stewart: 216
A.Maurizio: 202
Aye Mu: 201
jaryszek: 183
Newest Members:
Melanie Ford
Isaac Felbah
Adele Glover
Hitesh Asrani
Rohan Abraham
Anthony van Riessen
Erlinda Eloriaga
Abisola Ogundele
MARTYN STERRY
Rahim Lakhani
Forum Stats:
Groups: 3
Forums: 24
Topics: 6356
Posts: 27793

 

Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 49
Members: 32324
Moderators: 3
Admins: 4
Administrators: Mynda Treacy, Philip Treacy, Catalin Bombea, FT
Moderators: MOTH Support, Velouria, Riny van Eekelen
© Simple:Press —sp_Information

Sidebar

Blog Categories

  • Excel
  • Excel Charts
  • Excel Dashboard
  • Excel Formulas
  • Excel PivotTables
  • Excel Shortcuts
  • Excel VBA
  • General Tips
  • Online Training
  • Outlook
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
  • Power BI
  • Power Pivot
  • Power Query
microsoft mvp logo
trustpilot excellent rating
Secured by Sucuri Badge
MyOnlineTrainingHub on YouTube Mynda Treacy on Linked In Mynda Treacy on Instagram Mynda Treacy on Twitter Mynda Treacy on Pinterest MyOnlineTrainingHub on Facebook
 

Company

  • About My Online Training Hub
  • Disclosure Statement
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Guarantee
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Testimonials
  • Become an Affiliate

Support

  • Contact
  • Forum
  • Helpdesk - For Technical Issues

Copyright © 2023 · My Online Training Hub · All Rights Reserved. Microsoft and the Microsoft Office logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Product names, logos, brands, and other trademarks featured or referred to within this website are the property of their respective trademark holders.