Most users recommend highly against merged cell, but I digress. (sometimes,
it just can't be helped).

In order to merge cells, you have to unprotect the sheet, then re-protect
after merging cells.
--
John C


"James" wrote:

I have an Excel 2000 workbook and need to know how to merge cells in a
protected sheet. According some of the threads that were left by other users,
this problem was corrected when they eliminated sharing of the workbook. My
document however is not being shared and I still have this problem.
--
James