[Jules]

Is there a way to merge only the columns in a table without changing the rows?

I have a table that consists of 3 columns and a number of rows. For each
row I want to merge the 2nd and 3rd columns. The only thing I can find is
merge cells which merges the highlighted columns and rows into one cell.

If there is a way to merge only the columns, please let me know.
thanks,

[Graham Mayor]

A macro should do it

Sub MergeCols2_3()
Dim cTable As Table
Dim oRng As Range
Set cTable = ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
For i = 1 To cTable.Rows.Count
Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Range _
(start:=cTable.Cell(i, 2).Range.start, _
End:=cTable.Cell(i, 3).Range.End)
oRng.Cells.Merge
Next i
End Sub
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Jules wrote:
Is there a way to merge only the columns in a table without changing
the rows?

I have a table that consists of 3 columns and a number of rows. For
each
row I want to merge the 2nd and 3rd columns. The only thing I can
find is merge cells which merges the highlighted columns and rows
into one cell.

If there is a way to merge only the columns, please let me know.
thanks,

[Peter A]

In article ,
says...
A macro should do it

Sub MergeCols2_3()
Dim cTable As Table
Dim oRng As Range
Set cTable = ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
For i = 1 To cTable.Rows.Count
Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Range _
(start:=cTable.Cell(i, 2).Range.start, _
End:=cTable.Cell(i, 3).Range.End)
oRng.Cells.Merge
Next i
End Sub
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm



Or, if the table does not have too many rows, it might be easier to
merge cells for each row.

--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is one of the few cases where the drawing tools on the Tables and
Borders toolbar come in handy. I don't advise drawing tables with the
pencil, but you can use the eraser to erase the boundary between columns
without combining the rows. This requires a little trial and error, but it's
the only way I know of (short of a macro) to do this in recent versions of
Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jules" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to merge only the columns in a table without changing the
rows?

I have a table that consists of 3 columns and a number of rows. For each
row I want to merge the 2nd and 3rd columns. The only thing I can find is
merge cells which merges the highlighted columns and rows into one cell.

If there is a way to merge only the columns, please let me know.
thanks,

[Jules]

Thanks everyone. Went with Suzanne's eraser idea as this seems to suit our
purposes most. Wow, what a handy little tool. Thank you.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This is one of the few cases where the drawing tools on the Tables and
Borders toolbar come in handy. I don't advise drawing tables with the
pencil, but you can use the eraser to erase the boundary between columns
without combining the rows. This requires a little trial and error, but it's
the only way I know of (short of a macro) to do this in recent versions of
Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jules" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to merge only the columns in a table without changing the
rows?

I have a table that consists of 3 columns and a number of rows. For each
row I want to merge the 2nd and 3rd columns. The only thing I can find is
merge cells which merges the highlighted columns and rows into one cell.

If there is a way to merge only the columns, please let me know.
thanks,

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thank goodness for it, too. I don't know what the developers were thinking
when they changed the behavior of merging columns to merge them all into one
big cell. Too much Mountain Dew, I guess (or not enough).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jules" wrote in message
...
Thanks everyone. Went with Suzanne's eraser idea as this seems to suit
our
purposes most. Wow, what a handy little tool. Thank you.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This is one of the few cases where the drawing tools on the Tables and
Borders toolbar come in handy. I don't advise drawing tables with the
pencil, but you can use the eraser to erase the boundary between columns
without combining the rows. This requires a little trial and error, but
it's
the only way I know of (short of a macro) to do this in recent versions
of
Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jules" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to merge only the columns in a table without changing
the
rows?

I have a table that consists of 3 columns and a number of rows. For
each
row I want to merge the 2nd and 3rd columns. The only thing I can find
is
merge cells which merges the highlighted columns and rows into one
cell.

If there is a way to merge only the columns, please let me know.
thanks,