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.

This time, Excel suggests the value as you type. When you see the suggestion, press "Enter" to automatically combine the data in both columns for each row and continue using your format.

You can merge and combine multiple cells or columns without losing data in Excel and create customized lists, by following any one of these methods.