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  1. very much informative, thank you very much, keep doing the great work

  2. I want to merge two column as One Bill No. and other as Bill date. Hear as per your above system for merging to single column, date format has changed in value, what is next procedure for making merge from two column in single column for my Bill No. and date

  3. Thanks very much it has so useful to me. i had a long list to be combined but with the use of this illustration i have succeeded indeed, however i did not go through to the last step.

  4. I want to merge 100 column, just like you merge three column
    =CONCATENATE(A1,",",B1,",",C1,",",D1,",",E1...........)

    writing above formula for 100 or 1000 column is time consuming.

  5. I have 1000 names in column A & 1000 in column B. I want to get in colum C in an alternative way. I.e. one data from column A in first row of colum B, then on second row the corresponding data from column B. It should be dynamic.

  6. What a time saver... Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!!!

  7. OK - that was useful - thanks man

  8. you guys rock

  9. You can also just click an empty column next to the two you need combined and type. (Let's say A9=First Name and B9=Last Name and the new empty colomn is Fullname)
    =A9&" "&B9
    (The " " is to make a space between the two names.)
    Then hit enter. Select the combined cell and hover over the little box in the right lower corner so the cursor becomes a + and double click it. This will autofill the whole way down the list.
    Click the top of the column you just created for the Fullname to select the whole thing, ctrl+c (or copy), click in a cell right next to it and ctrl+v (or just paste the Value).
    Then you can delete the First Name and Last Name columns.
    Done. (It's kinda like a shorthand/freestyle version of the concatenate function.)

    1. Sam.. you are a GOD!!! Many goats will be sacrificed at your altar in the High Place! Thank you!!

  10. very useful
    thanks.

  11. Thanks so much. Very helpful.

  12. Thanks for taking the time to give this detailed guide!

  13. Hi guys,

    would you please help me with merging cells where in one there is a place (city) and in second there is a time? Couldnt figure it our from the text above. Thank you very much.

  14. Using Office 365, the concatenate formula only worked after I changed the format of the column from "text" to "general".

  15. Thanks +++++

  16. Hi,
    I had two columns of names from 2017 and 2018, which I needed to combine. I copied then pasted the second column directly under the first column. I highlighted the entire column then "sorted" the column alphabetically.

    Hope this helped someone.

    1. Hi Evan,
      Thank you for sharing your solution.
      Please note that you can combine multiple sheets into one without copying and pasting your data using our Combine Worksheets Wizard. It can help you merge numerous sheets into one workbook, consolidate your data and even collect data from identically named sheets at a glance.

  17. Very helpful tutorial. It works like a champ and is very helpful. I am using Excel 2016 in Windows 10 and it worked on the first try.

  18. How to remove your addon from my computer?????????????

    1. Hello,
      Thank you for contacting us. I’m really sorry that you are having difficulty of this kind.
      Please try to uninstall the Ablebits product via Control Panel -> Programs and Features.
      Feel free to contact us if you need any further assistance.

  19. 100% worked. Thank you. I was able to add comment within formula.

    =CONCATENATE("Trans Date ",A46,", ",C46,", Cheque #", D46)

  20. Loved this tutorial! Worked 100%

  21. Hi,

    I have done merging of cells using the above formula with the ampersand sign hundreds of times - yet somehow - it does not seem to work with the current spreadsheet I have been provided. Is it due to the fact that it opens in compatibility mode? what can I change on the spreadsheet in order for this to work? Thanks

    1. Jaqueline:
      What is the formula you're using? Can you copy and paste it here?
      What is the result you're getting with the formula you're using?

  22. thanks.

  23. Information was helpful.

  24. Thanks, Exactly what I've been looking for. Saved me a lot of time.

  25. Simple Trick and Instructions But Can Save Ton's of Value Time....

  26. I just copy the name and address column and paste in Word table with the same number of rows and columns, then merge the cell.

  27. concatenation was superb function
    It saved my 8 hours effort :)

  28. Thank you for your post. It helps me alot. Thanks

  29. Thanks so much, this helped me a lot!

  30. Awesome!!

  31. All the suggestion works. Awesome

  32. Thanks!

  33. As a release manager, I can't always remember all the formulas and I use excel a lot. It is great to be able to come to this site and get quick references to my needs. Thanks for providing such a great service. Have been spreading the word on your site for sometime now...

  34. Thankx so much saved my lot of time

  35. THANK YOU! The formula tip saved me 6 hours of needless work.

  36. Thanks! Saved me a lot of time! ;-)

  37. Hi,

    Thanks for this tutorial. I'd like to merge date and time into a row. However, they are in different format so the dates appear to be incorrect after merge. Can you please advise me what's the best way to do this? I downloaded Ablebeit Data but I can't merge row by row. There are only rows into one, col. into one and cells into one?

    Thanks.

    1. Auz:
      Don't know of any way to format one cell with different time and date formats. Excel uses two different methods to store these types of numbers.

  38. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

  39. Thanks a lot. This trick saved a lot of my time.

  40. Thank you very much , very useful info

  41. I downloaded the add in and in the merge cells pop up window. How to Merge field does not give me 'row by row' option only 'rows into one' which creates on really long row and not the individual rows.

    1. I had the same dilemma. So I tried this ... When indicating "How to merge:" select "Columns into one", separate values with space, place the results "to left column." It worked.

      1. Can you explain this more thoroughly

  42. Super helpful - saved me tons of time. #1 option was easy. Thank you!!!!!!!

  43. Merge Tool is really great

  44. Thank you! Big time saver for me today!

  45. Many thanks.

  46. Thank you

  47. very useful information you share,
    I like it very much.

  48. you missed a step. How do you automatically change the column numbers? If I want to merge 3,000 cells, it's going to take a couple of days to do.

    1. Hi Trey,
      Drag the formula down- it worked for me. Then i copied and pasted it as value in the other column and then back again.

  49. Try this formula : [=A2&" "&B2] , Use the Cells you wish to combine instead of A2 and B2 :)

    1. worked for me thank you ☺

    2. Thank you so much Justin, this worked perfectly!

    3. Thanks this is a great formula.

    4. Thank you!

      Using Excel 2003, I put [=C2&" "&C12] (without the brackets) into cell C13 and it worked like a charm.

      1. What if you want to merge three cells? This formula actually did work for two, which was very exciting but I need three merged.

        1. Heather, If you're using the CONCATENATE formula you only need add a separator, as needed and the specific cell(s):
          Example:
          =CONCATENATE(D2,",",E2)
          Should you want to add other cells:
          =CONCATENATE(D2,",",E2,",",F2)
          if you want to add a space also between the characters then:
          =CONCATENATE(D2,", ",E2)

          Hope this is helpful.

      2. Thanks its supporting in excel 2007 also

      3. Thank you very much, your formula worked excellent.

  50. Saved me hours of cut and paste - thank you!!

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