How to join text from different cells into one cell in Excel?
If you have text spread across multiple cells and want to combine it into one cell, Excel offers simple solutions to accomplish this. You can use the CONCATENATE function to merge text into a single destination cell or opt for advanced tools like Kutools for Excel for more flexibility. This article provides step-by-step methods to handle this task efficiently.
Join text from different cells into one with formulas
Join text from different cells into one with Kutools for Excel
Join text from different cells into one with formulas
Applying the Concatenate function to join the different cell contents, please do as follows:
1. Enter this formula: =CONCATENATE(A2,"-",B2,"-",C2) into a blank cell next to your data, see screenshot:
2. Then drag the fill handle down to the cells that you want to join, and the different cells have been merged into one cell by the separator “-”, see screenshot:
Note: If there are more cells needed to be merged together, please join the cell references as this: =CONCATENATE(A2,"-",B2,"-",C2, "-",D2,"-",E2,...), and you can replace the “-” separator in the formula with any character you prefer.
Join text from different cells into one with Kutools for Excel
Kutools for Excel contains a powerful tool - Combine Rows, Columns or Cells without Losing Data. With this utility, you can quickly merge multiple rows, columns, or ranges of cells into one cell using a separator of your choice.
1. Select the text range that you want to join together.
2. Then click Kutools > Merge & Split > Combine Rows, Columns or Cells without Losing Data, see screenshot:
3. In the Combine Columns or Rows dialog box, please do as follows:
(1) Choose one option that you want to join the text based on, you can join cells based on rows, columns or range or just combine all to one single cell;
(2) Specify a separator for your combined data as you need;
(3) Select a location to put the combined result;
(4) At last, choose the option to deal with the combined cells. You can keep or delete contents from those combined cells, and you can also merge those combined cells.
4. After finishing the above settings, click Ok or Apply button, and all the selected text will be combined according to your settings. See screenshot：
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