How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

Are you saying you'd like to add a column between, say, cat and bird, and
take part of cat and put it in the added cell?

You can do that a coule of ways... Depending on how you want to split the
cell.

My favorite is to add a column to the right of Cat, then highlighting the
cat column, Data-Text to Columns
If you're breaking it in half based on length of text, use Fixed Width and
click where you want the split.
If, say, you want to break in half where there's a space, select Delimited
and checkmark the Space option.

If you mean something completely different, please let us know. :-)

"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

Do you want to split the cell horizontally, vertically or along the diagonal?
--
Gary''s Student


"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

Thanks Sean but I was looking just to spit the "cell" in half vertically

"Sean Timmons" wrote:

Are you saying you'd like to add a column between, say, cat and bird, and
take part of cat and put it in the added cell?

You can do that a coule of ways... Depending on how you want to split the
cell.

My favorite is to add a column to the right of Cat, then highlighting the
cat column, Data-Text to Columns
If you're breaking it in half based on length of text, use Fixed Width and
click where you want the split.
If, say, you want to break in half where there's a space, select Delimited
and checkmark the Space option.

If you mean something completely different, please let us know. :-)

"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

Just the "1 Cell" that has cat type in. Vertically in the same Column.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Do you want to split the cell horizontally, vertically or along the diagonal?
--
Gary''s Student


"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

I can give a cheat..

Add the column after cat, then merge the cat header from column C to D.
That's the box with the a and arrows to the right of the right formatting
button...

"Landy2130" wrote:

Thanks Sean but I was looking just to spit the "cell" in half vertically

"Sean Timmons" wrote:

Are you saying you'd like to add a column between, say, cat and bird, and
take part of cat and put it in the added cell?

You can do that a coule of ways... Depending on how you want to split the
cell.

My favorite is to add a column to the right of Cat, then highlighting the
cat column, Data-Text to Columns
If you're breaking it in half based on length of text, use Fixed Width and
click where you want the split.
If, say, you want to break in half where there's a space, select Delimited
and checkmark the Space option.

If you mean something completely different, please let us know. :-)

"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

Thanks again, but that just results in one cell with Cat in it and 2 columns.
I want the opposite. 2 cells in the same column....

"Sean Timmons" wrote:

I can give a cheat..

Add the column after cat, then merge the cat header from column C to D.
That's the box with the a and arrows to the right of the right formatting
button...

"Landy2130" wrote:

Thanks Sean but I was looking just to spit the "cell" in half vertically

"Sean Timmons" wrote:

Are you saying you'd like to add a column between, say, cat and bird, and
take part of cat and put it in the added cell?

You can do that a coule of ways... Depending on how you want to split the
cell.

My favorite is to add a column to the right of Cat, then highlighting the
cat column, Data-Text to Columns
If you're breaking it in half based on length of text, use Fixed Width and
click where you want the split.
If, say, you want to break in half where there's a space, select Delimited
and checkmark the Space option.

If you mean something completely different, please let us know. :-)

"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

You cannot split a cell into multiple pieces and format each piece.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:02:01 -0800, Landy2130
wrote:

Just the "1 Cell" that has cat type in. Vertically in the same Column.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Do you want to split the cell horizontally, vertically or along the diagonal?
--
Gary''s Student


"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

Thanks Gord. Thats was very clear and precise answer. So having said that how
would you go about having two headers for one column?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You cannot split a cell into multiple pieces and format each piece.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:02:01 -0800, Landy2130
wrote:

Just the "1 Cell" that has cat type in. Vertically in the same Column.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Do you want to split the cell horizontally, vertically or along the diagonal?
--
Gary''s Student


"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

Perhaps use a diagonal border in the cell?

OR draw a vertical line using drawing toolbar.

But you still won't be able to format anything but the font size and type in
each "half" of the cell.

I hesitate to mention merging the cells below into one column but
there.......I've said it.


Gord

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:52:02 -0800, Landy2130
wrote:

Thanks Gord. Thats was very clear and precise answer. So having said that how
would you go about having two headers for one column?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You cannot split a cell into multiple pieces and format each piece.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:02:01 -0800, Landy2130
wrote:

Just the "1 Cell" that has cat type in. Vertically in the same Column.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Do you want to split the cell horizontally, vertically or along the diagonal?
--
Gary''s Student


"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

If you want to have two columns for "Cat" you can merge the two cells, the
one that contains the title "Cat" and the next one. Then you'll have the two
columns under the same header

"Landy2130" wrote:

Thanks Gord. Thats was very clear and precise answer. So having said that how
would you go about having two headers for one column?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You cannot split a cell into multiple pieces and format each piece.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:02:01 -0800, Landy2130
wrote:

Just the "1 Cell" that has cat type in. Vertically in the same Column.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Do you want to split the cell horizontally, vertically or along the diagonal?
--
Gary''s Student


"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size

How to split (half) one cell w/o changing col or rows.
 

Thanks again, but drawing a line like you said will not allow you to format
each half of the cell. I can't beleive microsoft hasn't built the code to
allow you spit or slice one cell w/o effecting a column. Oh well.....Thanks
again! Happy New Year!

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Perhaps use a diagonal border in the cell?

OR draw a vertical line using drawing toolbar.

But you still won't be able to format anything but the font size and type in
each "half" of the cell.

I hesitate to mention merging the cells below into one column but
there.......I've said it.


Gord

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:52:02 -0800, Landy2130
wrote:

Thanks Gord. Thats was very clear and precise answer. So having said that how
would you go about having two headers for one column?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You cannot split a cell into multiple pieces and format each piece.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:02:01 -0800, Landy2130
wrote:

Just the "1 Cell" that has cat type in. Vertically in the same Column.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Do you want to split the cell horizontally, vertically or along the diagonal?
--
Gary''s Student


"Landy2130" wrote:

I was wondering is there anyway to split (half) just one cell in a
spreadsheet. For example: 3 colums 3 rows

Dog Cat Bird
Type
Color
Breed

Now I want to split the Cell Cat in half and have the capability to format
each half, w/o affecting the adjacent col and rows?.

Cat Size