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

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.

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.

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 ...

Increase Column Width Type your long text in the appropriate cell. Point your mouse cursor to the vertical line on the immediate right of the top column letter.