Google-docs – How to format tables in Google Documents

It is now possible to merge cells in Google Documents, just like how you would do it in Microsoft Word.

From the support page:

You can combine or split the cells of a table in a document or a presentation.

Merge cells

1. Open a document or presentation.
2. Highlight the cells of a table that you want to combine.
3. Open the Table menu.
4. Select Merge cells.

Unmerge cells

1. Open a document or presentation.
2. Highlight the cells of a table that you want to unmerge.
3. Open the Table menu.
4. Select Unmerge cells.

Currently a single Google Document can only be either Landscape or Portrait not both. Changing page orientation is done by selecting File and then Page setup...

It is currently recommended to separate the Landscape and Portrait pages into different documents.

A good place to get more information that might help is at Google Products Forums.

Note: An additional option might be to have three files in Google Docs. The Portrait, The Landscape, and Microsoft Word Doc which integrates the two layouts into the correct sequence (this document would be Read Only when viewed in Google Docs).

A Microsoft Word document may allow multiple orientations of the Page Layout, but if it is converted to a Google Document the Page Layout for each page will revert to the first Orientation found in the document.

Also, creating multiple Orientations in Word isn't as straight forward as one might want either.

For those wanting to do this in Word: Use portrait and landscape orientation in the same document

1. Select the pages or paragraphs that you want to change to portrait or landscape orientation.
   NOTE If you select some but not all of the text on a page to change to portrait or landscape orientation, Word places the selected text on its own page, and the surrounding text on separate pages.

2. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Margins.

3. Click Custom Margins. (This is the important part)

4. On the Margins tab, click Portrait or Landscape.

5. In the Apply to list, click Selected text..

   NOTE Microsoft Word automatically inserts section breaks before and after the text that has the new page orientation. If your document is already divided into sections, you can click in a section (or select multiple sections), and then change the orientation for only the sections that you select.