Change the column width and row height (2024)

FAQs

Change the column width and row height? ›

Select the row or rows that you want to change. Go to Home > Cells > Format. Under Cell Size, select AutoFit Row Height. Tip: To quickly autofit all rows on the worksheet, select Select All, and then double-click the boundary below one of the row headings.

Select a row or a range of rows. On the Home tab, select Format > Row Width (or Row Height). Type the row width and select OK.

Select the table. The contextual tabs, Table Design and Layout, appear in the ribbon. On the Layout tab, you can specify the custom height and width. To resize specific rows or column, click on a cell and then adjust the row/column.

To change the height of a single row, drag the boundary below the row heading until the row is the height you want. To decrease the height, drag the bottom boundary up. Tip: A quick way to make the row height fit the size of the text in the row, is to, double-click the boundary between row headers.

1. TRUE - We can modify the row height and column width of cells by selecting the row or column and then dragging the boundary line to the desired size or by using the Format Cells option.

Select the column or columns that you want to change. Go to Home > Cells > Format. Under Cell Size, select Column Width. In the Column width box, type the value that you want.

Expert-Verified Answer

It is necessary to change width and height in excel to fit the data. Excel by default provide equal width and height with respect to columns and rows. Whenever we enter a lengthy data, few characters will get displayed and other will be present inside the cell but will be hidden to the user.

– For row height, select the row(s), press Alt + H + O + H. Enter the desired height in points (e.g., 20), and press Enter. – For column width, select the column(s), press Alt + H + O + W. Enter the desired width in points (e.g., 25), and press Enter.

Using AutoFit: Place the pointer on the right edge of the column heading (or below the row heading) until the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow. Then, double-click to resize the column or row to the best fit.

To resize an individual column or row you can click and drag wider or small the header's boundary. The is the separating line that runs between the letter or number between the column or row.

What happens to the row and column if you set a row height or column width to 0 zero? ›

Again, just like columns, if you set the row height to 0 (zero), Excel will hide the row.

On the Layout tab, in the Cell Size group, click in the Table Column Width box, and then specify the options you want. To make the columns in a table automatically fit the contents, select your table. On the Layout tab, in the Cell Size group, select AutoFit, and then select AutoFit Contents.

Alternatively, to make all cells the same size, press Ctrl + A and drag rows and columns to a desired pixel size (as you drag and resize, Excel will display the row height and column width in points / units and pixels).

The default size of an Excel column is 8.43, which correlates to 64 pixels. Rows can have a maximum height of 409. This number represents how many one-seventy seconds of an inch the row can hold. The default size of an Excel row is 15, which correlates to 20 pixels or about one-fifth of an inch.

Change row height

To set the row height to a specific measurement, select a cell in the row that you want to resize. On the Layout tab, in the Cell Size group, click in the Table Row Height box, and then specify the height you want.

Right-click the row number or column letter. Click Resize row or Resize column. Then, choose an option: Enter a custom height or width.