basically, it means "to join" - it allows you to merge teh contents of cells
so you can have more easily understood information.

con·cat·e·nate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kn-ktn-t, kn-)
tr.v. con·cat·e·nat·ed, con·cat·e·nat·ing, con·cat·e·nates
To connect or link in a series or chain.
Computer Science. To arrange (strings of characters) into a chained list.

Mark

"countrygirl0712" wrote:

Would someone explain to me in plain english what "concatenate" means? Thank
you for explaining this to me.