Open the Excel worksheet for which you want to alter the column width. Click on the Home tab in the Excel ribbon. Go to the Cells group and click on the "Format" icon to reveal the Cell Size menu.

Click "Default Width" under the Cell Size heading. Insert your desired column width into the box labeled "Standard column width." Your spreadsheet now features one set column width for all columns.

By default, Microsoft Excel's cells are named by their column-row references, like A1 or B2. However, you can assign a more specific name to a cell or range of cells to improve navigation, make ...

Learn three simple formatting tricks to make column headings – or other cells – more readable in Excel.

Microsoft Excel’s AutoFit feature is great when you need to resize a cell to display more text than the cell currently allows. But when you can’t change the size of a cell to fit the text ...

Microsoft Excel’s Advanced Filter feature displays records that match specific criteria. You can also limit the columns returned by this feature.

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 ...

You can split cells into columns in Excel using the "Text to Columns" tool, which is a great way to organize lots of data.

Adding a new column to either an entire spreadsheet or just a portion is an easy thing to do in Microsoft Excel. Here's how.