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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Rick,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Some of the processing tools are not turned on by default. Head to Plugins, Manage and Install Plugins, and make sure the ‘Processing’ plugin is ticked and the see if it appears. The Merge Vector Layers should also do the same thing but you need to watch the field structures of the files.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers - Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Weinmeyer<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 7 February 2022 5:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Qgis-user] “Merge Shapefiles to One"?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'>Hello,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'>I’m brand new to QGIS and fairly new to GIS in general. I am using QGIS 3.22.3-Białowieża in Mac OS Monterey.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'>Question: I’m learning how to combine shapefiles, and every guide I’ve looked at says to go to Vector —> Data Management Tools —> Merge Shapefiles to One. However, there is no “Merge Shapefiles to One” option. Has this feature been renamed or removed? Are there other ways to merge shapefiles?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'>Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"CourierNewPSMT",serif;color:black'>Rick <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>