Merging Tables

If you have two tables in a document or topic that are positioned one after the other, you can merge those tables so that they become one. You can do this by using the icon that may appear to the right of the tables.

How to Merge Tables

1. Open the document or topic.
2. Perform an action to display the floating icon. Usually this means removing content between two tables so that they become adjacent, or copying and pasting one table before or after another.
3. Click the icon to the right of the tables.
4. Select the option that best suits your needs, depending on the type of action that you performed.
   • Merge Table Up Select this option to merge the tables, with the table on top having precedence. Therefore, the merged table will use the table stylesheet from that table.
   • Merge Table Down Select to merge the tables, with the table on the bottom having precedence. The merged table will use the table stylesheet from that table.
   • Don't Merge Tables Select this option to allow the tables to appear one after the other, without being merged into one table.
   • Paste Table Select to paste the table as a whole. Therefore, you will actually have two separate tables next to each other.
   • Paste (Above) Select to merge the rows and columns from the copied table into the existing one, above the rows from the other table. The table that was there first will have precedence. Therefore, the merged table will use the table stylesheet from that table.
   • Paste (Below) Select to merge the rows and columns from the copied table into the existing one, below the rows from the other table. The table that was there first will have precedence. Therefore, the merged table will use the table stylesheet from that table.
   • Set Default Open the XML Editor tab in the Options dialog, choose the type of behavior you want to use automatically when performing this action in the future, and click OK.
5. Click to save your work.