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How to merge cells in a range formatted as table in Excel?

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In Excel, you can easily merge some consecutive cells into one with the Merge & Center utility as below screenshot shown. However, it cannot merge the cells in a range which formatted as a table in Excel, is there any trick to handle it?
A screenshot showing the Merge & Center effect in Excel

Merge cells in a table

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arrow blue right bubble Merge cells in a table

In Excel, there is no way that can merge cells in a table, but here I introduce a roundabout trick for you to merge cells in a table.

Select the table, the go to the Design tab, click Convert to Range, and then click Yes in the popping dialog to convert the table to a range which also looks like a table. See screenshot:

A screenshot showing how to convert a table to a range in Excel and the confirmation dialog
A screenshot showing the table is converted to a range

Then select the cells you want to merge, click Home > Merge & Center, and click OK in the popping out warning dialog. See screenshot:

A screenshot showing how to merge cells using the Merge & Center option
A screenshot showing the result of merged cells in Excel

arrow blue right bubble Merge same cells with Kutools for Excel

If you want to merge same cells in a range or unmerge cells in a range, you can apply Kutools for Excel’s Merge Same Cells or Unmerge Cell.

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

Select cells you want to operate, and click Kutools > Merge & Split > Merge Same Cells or Unmerge Cells & Fill Value. See screenshot:
A screenshot showing the Merge Same Cells and Unmerge Cells & Fill Value options on the Kutools tab

Merge same cells or unmerge cell
A screenshot showing merged cells in Excel after using Kutools for Excel

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