{"id":333,"date":"2018-06-27T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=333"},"modified":"2024-03-30T11:00:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T11:00:58","slug":"merging-text-with-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/merging-text-with-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Merging Text with Numbers in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you have data in multiple columns, you may want to merge them so the data will occupy only one column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"format wp-block-heading\">Example:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following example, we have a list of people. In the first column, there are first names, in the second- last names and in the third- ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/example1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/example1.png 426w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/example1-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"format wp-block-heading\">Merging text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a new column, so you can place your <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/merge-and-center-data\/\">merged data<\/a> here. Name the cell&nbsp;<strong>E2<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<strong>Full name<\/strong>&nbsp;and then enter into cell&nbsp;<strong>E3<\/strong>&nbsp;the following formula&nbsp;<strong>=B3&amp;&#8221; &#8220;&amp;C3<\/strong>&nbsp;(this means: merge cell&nbsp;<strong>B3<\/strong>&nbsp;with space and then with cell&nbsp;<strong>C3<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/merging-cells.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/merging-cells.png 490w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/merging-cells-300x110.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Press&nbsp;<strong><span class=\"shortcut\">Ctrl + Enter<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;to stay inside the cell. Move your mouse cursor over the bottom right corner of the cell. Use double-click to&nbsp;<strong>AutoFill<\/strong>&nbsp;names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose that after you created the&nbsp;<strong>Full name<\/strong>&nbsp;column, you don\u2019t need the&nbsp;<strong>First name<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Last name&nbsp;<\/strong>columns anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you simply delete these columns, a reference error (<strong>=#REF!<\/strong>) will appear in the&nbsp;<strong>Full name<\/strong>&nbsp;cells. This error appears because these cells are not text values but rather references to columns&nbsp;<strong>B<\/strong>(First name) and&nbsp;<strong>C<\/strong>&nbsp;(Last name).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What you need to do is change the&nbsp;<strong>Full name<\/strong>&nbsp;cells to text values. Select cells from&nbsp;<strong>E3<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>E6<\/strong>&nbsp;and copy them&nbsp;<strong><span class=\"shortcut\">Ctrl + C<\/span><\/strong>. Right-click on these cells and paste them as&nbsp;<strong>Values.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/paste-values.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/paste-values.png 417w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/paste-values-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select cells from&nbsp;<strong>E2<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>E6<\/strong>&nbsp;and move them into a place, where the&nbsp;<strong>First name<\/strong>&nbsp;cells are located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/moving-cells.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/moving-cells.png 495w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/moving-cells-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"format wp-block-heading\">Merging text with numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/deleting-rows-and-columns\/\">Delete the column<\/a> Last name. Now you have columns with merged first names and last names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s create a full sentence like&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Full name&#8221; is &#8220;Age&#8221; years old<\/strong>. Enter formula&nbsp;<strong>=B3&amp;&#8221; is &#8220;&amp;C3&amp;&#8221; years old.&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;into cell&nbsp;<strong>D3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the&nbsp;<strong>AutoFill<\/strong>&nbsp;option to <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/filling-cells\/\">fill the rest of the cells<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/merging-text-with-numbers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/merging-text-with-numbers.png 501w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/merging-text-with-numbers-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you have data in multiple columns, you may want to merge them so the data will occupy only one column. 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