Merging/Formating Cells

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[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]BEFORE
[/TD]
[TD]2017
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Andy
[/TD]
[TD]500
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Andy
[/TD]
[TD]800
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eddy
[/TD]
[TD]100
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Eddy
[/TD]
[TD]300
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John
[/TD]
[TD]1000
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]John
[/TD]
[TD]400
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Todd
[/TD]
[TD]600
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Taylor
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Todd
[/TD]
[TD]600
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AFTER
[/TD]
[TD]2017
[/TD]
[TD]2016
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Andy
[/TD]
[TD]500
[/TD]
[TD]800
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eddy
[/TD]
[TD]100
[/TD]
[TD]300
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John
[/TD]
[TD]1000
[/TD]
[TD]400
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Taylor
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Todd
[/TD]
[TD]600
[/TD]
[TD]600
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
How can I merge/format 2017 and 2016(BEFORE) together like bottom example(AFTER). The only difference is that Taylor has zero for 2017. Thank you,

 

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Duplicate https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1057780-merging-formating-question.html#post5079384

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