Find merged cells

You may encounter an Excel worksheets that has merged cells that you don't know about. This can be frustrating because Excel doesn't sort data in a column that contains merged cells.

Following the steps below, you can find all the merged cells in your worksheet and then unmerge those cells.

1. Click Home > Find & Select > Find.

2. Click Options > Format.

   

3. Click Alignment > Merge cells > OK.

   

4. Click Find All to see a list of all merged cells in your worksheet.  

   

   When you click an item in the list, Excel selects the merged cell in your worksheet. You can now unmerge the cells.

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