How to Convert Excel to Text & Set Column Width. Each Microsoft Excel worksheet is broken up into cells. Each cell is part of a column. Excel's myriad formatting tools let you add colors, formulas ...

Row runs horizontally, and column runs vertically. We explain how to set or change the Row height and Column width in Microsoft Excel.

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 ...

Clicking "AutoFit Column Width" forces Excel to adjust the width of the columns you selected so that they are wide enough to display their contents. Every Excel spreadsheet has a "Select All" button.

Select the columns you want to fix. In this case we’re selecting the header columns — those at the very top of the ...

Adjust Column Width and Row Height Finally, you should adjust the column width and row height to ensure that data isn't cut off or wrapped in a way that makes it difficult to read.

Copying data from one Excel column to another often means an additional task; you must adjust the target column's width. Fortunately, there's an easy way to do so using Paste Special.

To copy column width to another sheet in Excel or the same sheet, you need to use the Keep Source Column Widths option. First, copy the column you want to duplicate from the source file.