After you create a table in Microsoft Word, you might decide that you want combine one or more cells into a single row or column. For example, you might merge all the table cells in a row to create a table heading that spans multiple columns in your Word document.

In Microsoft Word, you can combine two or more table cells in a row or column into a single cell. The steps below describe how merge table cells in Word 2007

1. Select adjacent cells that you want to merge into a single cell.
2. Click the Layout tab under the Table Tools tab.
3. Click the Merge Cells icon in the Merge group.