Un-merge; don't re-merge. Merged cells cause countless problems, of which
you've found one. Many others can be seen in the archives of thgese Excel
newsgroups.
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David Biddulph

"4markw" wrote in message
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i get the error message "this operation requires merged cells to be
identically sized"
i have checked several times and the merged cells are the same size. i
have
tried re-merging and un-merging and nothing seems to work. any ideas?