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How to merge text in two excel cells. We want to combine the Last Name and First Name columns in each row into the Full Name column. Simply highlight all the cells to be merged then click the Merge Center icon. To join cells together we use the ampersand symbol.

How to Combine Text from Multiple Cells into One Cell in Excel. How to combine data from two or more cells in Excel Combining cells text by CONCATENATE function. Using text strings cells and numbers with space and double quote examples.

To begin select the first cell that will contain the combined or concatenated text. By using this method you can keep only one value. Select one cell which you will place the result type this formula A1 B1 A1 and B1 are the cells you want to join together is the separator between two cell contents press Enter key and drag fill handle down to apply the formula to cells.

Use commas to separate the cells you are combining and use quotation marks to add spaces commas or other text. Lets suppose you have first name in cell D3 and last name in E3 when you will merge these cells. Select the cell where you want to put the combined data.

In the example above cells A1 and B1 were highlighted then the Merge Center command was selected. The first way to go about combining text is by using a simple formula. For example to combine text from cells A2 and B2 separating the values by a line break this is the formula to use.

Close the formula with a parenthesis and press Enter. Type and use quotation marks with a space enclosed. Here we have one formula that can quickly merge two cells into one but keep both contents.