You can combine two columns in Excel using several formulas and tools available in the software. If the columns that you want to combine are empty, you can use Excel's merge function.

To merge or combine the first and last names in Excel you can make use of the CONCAT Ampersand, Flash Fill or TEXTJOIN functions or formulas.

This is the demonstration file referenced in How to combine Excel's VLOOKUP () function with a combo box for enhanced searching, by Susan Harkins.

Learn how to use the TEXTJOIN function in Excel. The TEXTJOIN function can be used to combine data from a range of cells using one or more delimiters.

This is the demonstration file to accompany the article, How to use Microsoft Excel’s VSTACK () function to combine multiple data sets by Susan Harkins.