Traditional Ways to Adjust Column Widths (Manually) In this example, Excel's default column width isn't wide enough to show all the text in column A.

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

A simple trick lets you copy source column's width to a target column in Excel. Refer to the steps in the post to copy column widths in Excel.

Have you ever tried to drag the header columns in an Excel spreadsheet to make them fit the text? I have and just when I think I’ve got it right, a quick glimpse down the line of columns usually ...

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 ...

Expand the width of the columns if needed by clicking on the line between columns at the top of the spreadsheet and dragging the line to the right until your column is the width desired.

You can easily hide and unhide columns in Excel by individually revealing hidden columns or using the "Format" option to unhide all hidden cells.