November 7th, 2006
Split and merge table cells
After reading a recent post by Lotus Business Partner Ben Langhinrichs on merging and splitting table cells, I decided to write today's tip since I don't think everyone knows about these features.
Let's look a table with 3 rows and 3 columns as our starting point.
If I select adjacent cells spanning multiple columns
and choose Table - Merge Cells
Lotus Notes will combine the contents into a single cell.
You can do the same thing for cells that span rows.
You can even select cells spanning rows and columns at the same time.
After you have merged cells, if you wish you can "Split" them back into their original table format. (original # of columns and rows)
I use merged table cells all the time to format data. For example, to create a layout similar to a two-column newspaper, create a 3 row by 2 column table, then merge the cells in the top and bottom rows as seen below.
