Cell & formula in Exel

Hi Lamya,

Thank you for the forum question.

I am not sure what you mean by:

How to expand one column only and leave the others untouched.

You can merge cells in Excel to create a combined cell that spans multiple columns or rows.

To do so, select the cells you want to merge using your mouse. Then, click the "Home" tab in the ribbon menu. Click "Merge & Center" in the menu to merge the cells and center the text within the combined cell. Note that only the content from the top left merged cell will be preserved, so back up any other content you want to save before merging cells.

If you later want to unmerge the cells, you can do this using the same menu. Click the merged cell, then click the "Home" tab in the ribbon menu. Click the drop-down arrow next to "Merge & Center" in the menu and click "Unmerge Cells." You can't unmerge a normal cell that wasn't created through an earlier merge operation.


To avoid changing +44 to a formula you will have to change it into text. Just type '+44 . If you start with a apostrophe Excel will not change it to a formula.




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