This is not possible in Excel, but if you wish you can use this formula in
another cell,
If X is in cell A1 and Y is in cell B1, you can write this formula in any
cell:

=CONCATENATE(A1,B1)

I am no expert, maybe somebody else can come up with a better solution

Regards

"Dadada" wrote:

When I merge two cells , the contents of which are X and Y, I get only one X
in the merged cell. Worthless...
I would like to get XY