You can't split cells. However, you could merge two columns for all
cells except your 5 rows (i.e., select columns B & C, merge them, select
your (now) 5 cells, and unmerge them).

However, merging is the spawn of the devil. It leads to problems with
sorting, formatting, copy/paste, etc.

In article ,
"Bruce" wrote:

i would like to insert a colum within 5 rows of a column.
how do i do this?
thank you.