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Changing Column Width
Summary: Easily change column widths with this Excel tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, and Excel 2003.)It is a rare worksheet in which each column of data is the same width as every other column. Fortunately, Excel allows you to independently adjust column width for each column in your worksheet. The quickest way to do this is to use the mouse in the following manner:
- Move the mouse so it is over the dividing line between two columns in the column headings area of the worksheet. Choose the dividing line that is to the right of the column whose width you want to adjust. The mouse cursor changes to a double-headed arrow.
- Click and hold the left mouse button.
- Drag the mouse left or right until the column is the desired width.
- Release the mouse button.
You can also automatically adjust the width of a column to match the width of the longest cell contents in the column by double-clicking on the dividing line between columns.
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