It's a limitation of Google Documents. You can try it yourself. Create a Google ...

chestnut-tree on Nov 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why the Chromebook pundits are out of touch with r...

It's a limitation of Google Documents. You can try it yourself. Create a Google Document, insert a table (Insert > Table) and, er, that's it. If you want to merge table cells, you're out of luck. There's no function that will allow you.