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SPR Jul 2019 9:44am, 25 Jul 2019 28,750 posts	0 SPR I second that!
Neal Jul 2019 9:52am, 25 Jul 2019 78 posts	0 Neal There is a key difference between the use of Reply All and the use of Merge Cells. There may be valid uses of Reply All.
GregP Jul 2019 9:59am, 25 Jul 2019 113,526 posts	0 GregP Nice! ~applauds~
Pothunter Jul 2019 10:38am, 25 Jul 2019 1,405 posts	0 Pothunter I’m in
SPR Jul 2019 10:46am, 25 Jul 2019 28,751 posts	0 SPR Totally agree Neal. They should just remove the feature. Or maybe a rolling 12 month limit on its use for exceptional circumstances.
Homer Jul 2019 10:51am, 25 Jul 2019 13,121 posts	0 Homer You've pressed one of my many Pet Peeve buttons The Merge cells function has no purpose other than to bugger up the world
GlennR Jul 2019 10:57am, 25 Jul 2019 43,742 posts	0 GlennR It can be a useful first warning that the workbook you are looking at has been created by an idiot.
GregP Jul 2019 11:00am, 25 Jul 2019 113,538 posts	0 GregP Fair.
Sam Jelfs Jul 2019 11:35am, 25 Jul 2019 387 posts	0 Sam Jelfs but how else will you make pretty column headings for your forms? [given that I do almost everything in Matlab, it does not appreciate reading sheets with merged cells]
Neal Jul 2019 11:58am, 25 Jul 2019 79 posts	0 Neal Use the Centre Across Columns format, does what you want without buggering things up.