The Merge Options will allow to increase or decrease the span of selected rows and columns to customize your dashboard.

 

 

Home Tab

1. Navigate to the Layout group in the Home tab.

 

2. In the layout group select from the Merge options available to you.

 

Figure 1: The insert merge column and row buttons in the layout group were used to create a larger cell.

 

Layout Tab

1. Navigate to the Layout tab in the ribbon.

 

2. In the Row and Column group use the Increase Column, Decrease Column, Increase Row and Decrease Row span buttons to merge and split rows and columns as you need to.

 

Figure 2: A verity of Merge Options were used to create this complex dashboard.

 

Next Steps

Pages Options - Learn about the different options you have for the dashboard pages.

Dashboard Options - Lean about the different Dashboard options.