Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 27, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Cindy noted that when naming worksheet tabs, the width of the tabs varies based primarily on the name of the tab. She wonders if there is a way to increase the height of a worksheet tab.
This can't be done within Excel. You can, however, make some changes in Windows itself to help the tabs be just a bit higher. How you do this depends on the version of Windows you are using. If you are using Windows Vista you can follow these steps:
If you are using a different version of Windows you may need to poke around in the Control Panel until you can find the setting that is changed in steps 5 and 6. (It may take some digging, but you'll find it eventually.) Understand that adjusting this setting will provide a larger worksheet tab height, but it will also affect all the other programs you run on your system—their scrollbar sizes will be larger as well.
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