On 02/03/2012 03:58 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I have a spreadsheet sent by a client as .xlsx and saved by me as .ods. > When I try to sort the rows on one tab I am prevented from doing so by this > error message: "Ranges containing merged cells can only be sorted without > formats." > > How do I identify what cells have been merged? I see none.
Click on the column heading (A, B, C etc) and the merged cells should become obvious (they will fill with color the cell and the ajacent cell(s) to the right). > And, once > identified do I unmerge them by putting the cursor in one of the cells and > selecting Edit -> Merge cells? Click on the merged cell; if you have the 'Merge and Center Cells' icon on your toolbar, you'll see it light up - click on it to unmerge the cells. If you have not added the icon to your toolbar; click on the merged cell and select 'Format|Merge Cells|-click on 'Merge and Center Cells' to uncheck & unmerge the cells. ... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted