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in article 1de7c2b3.-1@WebX.la2eafNXanI, Aaron Andrade wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to automate the merging of pairs of cells in a table. Here's
> the structure:
> 
> - given 2 adjacent selected rows...
> - tell the first cell of row 1 to merge with the cell below it (1st cell of
> row 2)
> - continue until all pairs are merged.
> 
> My table has 10 columns, so I would start with a selection of 20 cells, and
> end up with 10 cells.
> 
> I'm stuck on the 'merge' syntax, for which i can't find any examples anywhere!
> Although i did get a successful merge by selecting 2 cells and, in
> ScriptMaker, telling the selection to "merge".

Try this:

tell application "InDesign 2.0.2"
 set theCells to cells of selection
 set cellCount to count of theCells
 set theStart to index of cell 1 of selection
 set i to 1
 set n to cellCount / 2
 repeat with i from 1 to cellCount / 2
  merge item i of theCells with item (i + n) of theCells
 end repeat
end tell

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Shane Stanley,  sstanley@myriad-com.com.au