Fitting enough information into a single cell is incredibly important when it comes to understanding what the cell is trying to tell us. The data can get compressed or cut off within a column, so you may need to change the column width. Luckily, Google Sheets makes it easy.
Changing column width is just one of the ways to format data within Google Sheets. It is useful for making data fit into the cell and for making the dimensions of any given table fit into a design or page.
Change Column Width in Google Sheets
You have a couple options when changing column width in Google Sheets. You can widen the column or make it more narrow. There are different ways of doing each of those.
Manually Widen Column Width
The easiest way to get a table just so is to manually set your column width.
Manually Narrow Column Width
As you would expect, to make the column narrower, you just do the opposite of the above.
You can manipulate column width incrementally until it is exactly right for what you need.
Automatically widen column width
If you are just looking to fit the data within the cells to the correct width so they can be read clearly, you can do that much faster than dragging the column width.
This method is a fast way to ensure cell content is displayed correctly and that the width fits the content. The downside is that if you have a single cell that contains a lot of data, Google Sheets will change all columns to fit that single cell. This works best of all data is of a similar size or length.
How to Edit the Width of Multiple Columns at One Time
Some situations may call for multiple columns of data to all be formatted in a similar way. In these cases, editing each column one at a time would be tedious. To edit the width of multiple columns at once, follow these steps:
Your selected columns will all now be the same width.
Wrapping Up
Got any other Google Sheets tips you want to share? Know of any other ways to change column width? Tell us about it below!
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