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.

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 ...

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.

You can split cells into columns in Excel using the "Text to Columns" tool. Excel gives you two ways to split cells into columns: using delimiters, or using a manual fixed width.