Sub MergeEmpty_A()

'David McRitchie, 2004-05-27, programming

With Cells
.HorizontalAlignment = xlGeneral
.VerticalAlignment = xlTop
End With
On Error GoTo done
Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Activate
ActiveCell.Offset(0, -1).Activate
backthere:
Range(ActiveCell.Address, _
ActiveCell.End(xlUp).Address).Select
Selection.Merge
ActiveCell.Offset(-1, 0).Activate
GoTo backthere
done:
End Sub