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Splitting and merging cells

Use the Property inspector or the commands in the Modify > Table submenu to split or merge cells. You can merge any number of adjacent cells—as long as the entire selection is rectangular—to produce a single cell that spans several columns or rows. You can split a cell into any number of rows or columns, regardless of whether it was previously merged. Dreamweaver automatically restructures the table (adds any necessary COLSPAN or ROWSPAN attributes) to create the specified arrangement.

In the following illustration, the cells in the middle of the first two rows have been merged so that they span two rows.

To merge two or more cells in a table:

1	Select the cells you want to merge. The selected cells must be contiguous and in the shape of a rectangle.
	This selection is in the form of a rectangle, so the cells can be merged.
	This table selection is not in the shape of a rectangle, so the cells can't be merged.
2	Choose Modify > Table > Merge Cells, or click the Merge Cell button in the Property inspector.
	The contents of the individual cells are placed in the resulting merged cell. The properties of the first cell selected are applied to the merged cell.

To split a merged cell:

1	Click in the cell or select a cell.
2	Choose Modify > Table > Split Cell, or click the Split Cell button in the Property inspector.
3	In the Split Cell dialog box, choose whether to split the cell into rows or columns, and then enter the number of rows or columns.