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How to merge every second row or cell in Excel?

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If you have a list of data, and you want to combine every other row or cell of them as shown as below, do you know how to get it done? In Excel, you can use formula or VBA to merge every other row or cells.

Use formula to merge every second row or cell in Excel

Use VBA code to merge every second row or cell in Excel

Use formula to merge every second row or cell in Excel

Select a blank cell, enter the following formula and press "Enter" key.

=OFFSET(A$1,(ROW()-1)*2,0)&" "&OFFSET(A$1,((ROW()-1)*2)+1,0)
Note: A$1 indicates the first data in your list, you can change it as you need.

Then drag the fill handle down to fill the range you need to apply this formula.

merge every other row with formula

Use VBA code to merge every second row or cell in Excel

If you are used to use VBA, you also can run the below VBA to merge every other row.

1. Hold "ALT" button and press "F11" on the keyboard to open a "Microsoft Visual Basic for Application" window.

2. Click "Insert" > "Module", and copy the VBA into the module.

VBA: Merge every other row/cell

Sub CombineCells()
'Updateby20140314
Dim rng As Range
Dim InputRng As Range, OutRng As Range
xTitleId = "KutoolsforExcel"
Set InputRng = Application.Selection
Set InputRng = Application.InputBox("Range :", xTitleId, InputRng.Address, Type:=8)
Set OutRng = Application.InputBox("Out put to (single cell):", xTitleId, Type:=8)
For i = 1 To InputRng.Rows.Count Step 2
    For j = 1 To InputRng.Columns.Count
        OutRng.Value = InputRng.Cells(i, j).Value & InputRng.Cells(i + 1, j).Value
        Set OutRng = OutRng.Offset(0, 1)
    Next
    Set OutRng = OutRng.Offset(1, (InputRng.Columns.Count * -1))
Next
End Sub

3. Click "Run" to run the VBA code, and a "KutoolsforExcel" dialog pops up for you to select a range of cells that you want to merge the every other row. See screenshot:

merge every other row with vba code 1

4. Click "OK", another dialog displays for you to select a single cell to put out the merged result. See screenshot:

merge every other row with vba code 2

5. Click "OK", and you can see the result:

merge every other row with vba code result

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