*Unmerge* your cells.

You can use "Center Across Selection" instead, which looks almost identical
.... display wise.

Select the cells, then:

<Format <Cells <Alignment tab,
And expand the "Horizontal" window and click on
Center Across Selection.

The use of Merged cells causes more trouble then it's worth.
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HTH,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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...
I've been trying to sort my spread sheet. It is a attendance sheet. I
what
to have the names in alphabetical order and thier attendance correspond
with
them.
I've tried everything. I've used and tried every sort in the help menu
but
all I get are error message saying the merge cell need to be the same
size.
Or similer messages.
It was so much easier when I had used the old Excel before I installed
MSOffice.
Please help.