Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated February 25, 2023)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 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:
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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2023-02-25 15:46:45
Todd
You can also have Excel automatically set all of the columns in a sheet to the widest information within each column by clicking on the top left to highlight the entire sheet then double click the dividing line between the first two columns.
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