By: tinihkla

Excel: How to CONTATENATE a RANGE Of Cells [Combine]

Combining values CONCATENATE is the best, but it is not possible to refer all ranges with this function.

Select all cells in a range individually. If you attempt to refer to the entire range, it will return text from the first cell.

This situation calls for a method that allows you to refer to a whole range of cells and combine them into one cell.

Today, I want to share 5 ways to combine text from different ranges into one cell.

[CONCATENATE + TRAPOSE] to combine Values

Combining text from multiple cells into one cell with the transpose function and concatenating function is the best way to do this.

Take a look at the following range of cells. You have a text, but each word is in a different column. You want it all to fit in one cell.

These are the steps to combine these values into one cell.

Enter the following formula in the B8 and don’t press enter

Select the entire concatenate function inside and press F9. It will transform it into an array.

The curly brackets at the beginning and end of the array should be removed.

Hit enter at the end. It returns an array when you convert this reference into hard values.

This array has text in each cell, and space between them. When you hit enter, it will combine them all.

Combining Text with Fill Justify Option

Fill justify is an underutilized but powerful tool in Excel. It can be used whenever text is needed to be combined from different cells.

It only takes one click to merge text. Take a look at the following data and follow these steps.

This will combine text from all cells into the first cell in the selection.

TEXTJOIN Function to Concaterate Values

Excel 2016 (Office 365) has a function called TextJoin. This function allows you to combine text from multiple cells into one cell.

Syntax: How To Be Able To Combine Numbers