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Merge Table Cells

This instruction describes how to merge adjacent table cells.

  1. Select the topic or component in the Content Manager to open it in the Editor.

    Content Manager in Paligo. It shows the Documents section contains an Acme 100 Topics folder. Inside the folder there is a publication and many topics, including "Connect to Network (100).

    Alternatively, you can Create a Topic and edit that.

  2. Position the cursor in one of the table cells that you want to merge.

  3. Hold down the Shift and the left mouse button. Drag the cursor over the cells you want to merge.

    A table with 3 columns and 3 rows. In the third column, the cells for the top row and middle row are both highlighted yellow.

    Paligo adds a yellow highlight to the selected cells.

  4. Right-click to display a table context menu and select Merge cells.

    select-merge-cells-option.png

    Paligo merges the selected cells so that they become a single cell that spans multiple rows or columns.

    Table with 3 columns and 3 rows. The first two columns have 3 cells, 1 for each row. The last column has 2 cells. The top cell is merged and so covers 2 rows. The bottom cell is for the third row.

Tip

To divide a merged cell back into many separate cells, see Split Table Cells.