Columns: On the Excel spreadsheet, columns run vertically and are identified by alphabetical column headers that run horizontally on the spreadsheet’s top. 1] Change the Height of a row ...

Set Column Width Click inside any cell in your worksheet. Press "Ctrl-A." Excel highlights all of the cells on your spreadsheet. Click "Format" in the Cells group of the Home tab.

Excel columns are fairly narrow by default, and they won't always accommodate all of your data. With this in mind, Microsoft makes it easy to adjust the width of a column by dragging the line on eithe ...

In Excel 2007, press Alt, which puts Excel into a shortcut key mode (see the January 2009 column, page 74, for more on the use of KeyTips) and press H for the Home tab of the Ribbon. Press O (capital ...