Microsoft KB Archive/211877

= WD2000: "Merge Cells Before Split" Setting Causes Unexpected Results =

Article ID: 211877

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211877





SYMPTOMS
When you split cells with the Merge cells before split setting turned on (default setting), Word merges any information within the selected cells into one cell, and that information is distributed equally within the split cells of only the first row you select.



WORKAROUND
To keep the information in the existing cells while splitting the cells, do the following:
 * 1) Select the cells to split.
 * 2) On the Table menu, click Split Cells.
 * 3) Clear the Merge cells before split check box.
 * 4) Click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For example, if you have the following table in a document:

and the Merge cells before split check box is not selected, you get the following results when you select rows 1 and 2 and click Split cells on the Table menu:

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

Item7

Item 8

Item 9

However, if the Merge cells before split check box is selected, Items 1 through 6 are first merged into one cell, and then they are split into cells, making them all appear in the first row, as in the following example:

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

Item7

Item 8

Item 9

Additional query words: splitting merging

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbtable kbusage KB211877

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