What are Merge Cells?
Merging combines two or more cells to create a new, larger cell.
How To Merge Cells In Excel In South Africa?
If Merge & Center is disabled, make sure that you’re not editing a cell and that the cells you want to merge aren’t formatted as an Excel table.
To merge cells without centering, select the arrow next to Merge & Center, and then select Merge Across or Merge Cells.
What is the alternative to merging cells in Excel?
Alternative to Merge Cells: Center Across Selection. Instead of merging cells, a more efficient formatting option is ‘Center Across Selection’.
This feature aligns text across multiple cells without actually merging them, avoiding the aforementioned issues.