Shortcut to Merge Cells

I don't understand the issue. The Merge and Center tool in the Alignment section does exactly what the goal is - it merges the selected cells and centers them horizontally. Just select your cells and click the tool. You can even pin the tool to your QAT. And it's a toggle; if you select a merged cell and click the tool it unmerges them and selects the top left cell of the group.

Dean Cardno

I liked your tip, but it can be shorter - this one toggles the the alignment.

Sub CentreToggle()
'Dean Cardno; xlTips
With Selection
If .HorizontalAlignment = xlCenterAcrossSelection Then
.HorizontalAlignment = xlLeft
Else: .HorizontalAlignment = xlCenterAcrossSelection
End If
End With
End Sub

Hi, Bill,

Try this Excel Tip from Allen to see if that helps.

https://excelribbon.tips.net/T013440_Alphabetizing_Worksheet_Tabs.html

Bryan

I have a number of spreadsheets in a workbook, each being labeled year-month (Example: 2017-01, 2015-12, etc.). They were not created in sequence. Is there a way to auto sort the spreadsheets without having to manually move them?

Sometimes merging cells is necessary, but in general it causes more problems that it solves, since it screws up subsequent paste operations. You can get the same visual result by formatting as 'centre across selection' - which is usually the reason for the merged cells in the first place. I have included the following macro in my personal macro add-in file to un-merge merged cells and apply the desired formatting:
Sub CentreAcross()


With Selection
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenterAcrossSelection
.WrapText = True
.Orientation = 0
.AddIndent = False
.IndentLevel = 0
.ShrinkToFit = False
.ReadingOrder = xlContext
.MergeCells = False
End With
End Sub

I attached it to an icon in the QAT, and use it frequently.

I've never been a fan of merging cells because it can make manipulating the spreadsheet difficult. But I often want to center across a selection because it is pretty innocuous. Typically, I use this when I want a super heading to center across subordinate headings. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't provide a quick way to do this. So I created a macro and added it to my Quick Access Toolbar. It lets me easily center across a selection or, if it is already centered, it un-centers it. The VBA code I created is ...

Sub CenterAcrossSelection() ' Centers and un-centers across a selection
With Selection
If .HorizontalAlignment = xlCenterAcrossSelection Then ' Checks to see if it is already centered
.HorizontalAlignment = xlGeneral ' If so, un-center it using the General alignment
Else ' If it's not already centered, then
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenterAcrossSelection ' Center across the selection
.VerticalAlignment = xlCenter ' Also center it vertically
End If
End With
End Sub