Automatic selection of column width and row height in EXCEL based on cell contents. Examples and description

While working in the Excel spreadsheet editor, the user may need to change the size of a single cell. This is necessary in two cases: to save work space, when the cell takes up a large volume compared to the text located in it, and, conversely, to correctly display information when the text is hidden behind the cell boundaries. This article will tell you how to change the size of cells in Excel. We will look at various methods that will be relevant in certain circumstances. Therefore, read the article to the end to choose the most suitable one for yourself.

Changing the height

First of all, let's look in detail at the process of changing the height of a cell by simply dragging it. To do this you need to follow a few simple steps:

Hover your cursor over the left panel, where the sheet line numbers are located.
Set it between two rows, based on which cell you want to increase or decrease.
After the cursor changes to two arrows diverging in different directions, hold down the left mouse button.
While holding it, pull it up or down, depending on whether you want to increase or decrease the height.

Changing the width

In fact, to change the width of a cell, you need to perform the same steps, only with columns. To avoid any unnecessary questions, let’s look at everything in detail.

Hover your cursor over the top panel, which is located above the very first line.
Hover over the border of two columns. Columns are designated by a letter value (A, B, C, D, and so on).
Hold the cursor and move the mouse left or right.

After completing all these steps, you will change the width of the column, respectively, and the width of the desired cell.

Resizing multiple rows or columns

In much the same way, you can resize several rows or columns at once. This is done quite simply:

Holding Ctrl, select with LMB (left mouse button) those rows or columns whose size you want to change.
Hover your cursor over the border of the row or column that has been highlighted.
Hold down LMB and move the mouse in the direction you want.

As you can see, after this the size will change immediately in all selected elements. This will make them the same size. By the way, if you were thinking about how to change the size of Excel cells in Google Sheets, then this is done in exactly the same way.

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How to change height

To change the height of a cell, you need to open a special window with the corresponding parameter and enter the desired value there. This is done like this:

By clicking LMB, select the desired cell.
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On the toolbar, click the “Format” button.
From the menu that appears, select the “Line Height” option.
A window of the same name will appear with an input field.
Enter the value you need into it and click the “OK” button.

Immediately after this, the size of the selected cell changes. The line size will change accordingly.

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How to change the width

As in the previous method, you can change the cell width in almost the same way as the height. To do this you need to do a few simple steps:

Select the cell whose size you want to change. To do this, click on it with LMB.
While on the main tab, on the tool ribbon, click the “Format” button.
From the list of options that appears, select Column Width.
In the window that opens immediately after this, enter the column width in the appropriate field.
Click OK.

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We double-click the mouse and, Voila, the column width has become sufficient to display the values in all cells of the column (including hidden rows).

If you need to align the width to the content of several columns at once, then do the following:

highlight the required columns (by their gray headings);
move the cursor to any section of the selected columns and double-click.

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Change by formatting

You can also set the desired value for the cell width or height in another way, which involves calling the element formatting window through the context menu.

Select the column in whose range the desired cell is located. If you want to change the height, select the row.
Click on the column or row itself with RMB (right mouse button).
From the context menu, select the "Column Width" or "Row Height" option, respectively.
A window, already familiar from previous methods, will appear in which you need to specify the size.
Enter the value and click OK.

Now you know how to resize cells in Excel by specifying a specific value. But this is not the last method, so let's move on to the next one.

Real example

Now we will apply the considered method in a real situation - we will edit the table created by copying data from MS ACCESS. Let's copy some table from MS ACCESS to an EXCEL sheet via the Clipboard.

Please note that the cells into which we pasted values from the Clipboard have the Word Wrap option enabled, although by default it is disabled (EXCEL itself enabled it when pasting). Additionally, EXCEL did not change the default column widths, only the row heights were changed to fully display all values. This table formatting does not always suit the user. Using the inserted table, we will solve 2 problems.

Task 1. Let's say we need all values to be displayed in a table in one row.

For this:

select the inserted values (to do this, select any table cell and press CTRL+A (the current area will be selected), if the table does not contain empty rows and columns, then all inserted values will be selected);
turn off the Word Wrap option (via the menu Home/ Alignment/ Text Wrap);
the height of the cells will be reduced so as to display only one row, as a result, some of the values will become invisible;

highlight columns A , B and C with gray headings;
move the mouse pointer to the section of columns A and B (on the gray column headers) and double-click.

The problem is solved: the contents of all cells are fully displayed.

Task 2. Now let's say that we want all columns to have a certain user-specified width, and the values to be displayed entirely in the cell. In this case, the line height should be minimal.

For this:

set the required width of columns A , B and C ;
Do not turn off the Wrap by words option (turn it on);

select all rows containing pasted values, or all cells of the sheet (all cells of the sheet can be selected by clicking the Select all button in the upper left corner of the sheet or by pressing CTRL + A );
Move the mouse pointer to the section of any two filled rows (on the gray column headers) and double-click.

The problem is solved: the contents of all cells are fully displayed.

Method 3: Automatic cell resizing

Finally, we’ll tell you how to automatically resize cells in Excel. To do this you will also need to follow a few simple steps:

Select a cell.
Go to the main tab.
On the panel, click the “Format” button.
From the drop-down menu, select the "Auto-fit height" or "Auto-fit width" option.

Immediately after this, the cell size will be adjusted to the values in it. Now you know how to change cell size in Excel by text. As you can note, this is even easier to do than in previous methods.

Changing line height

Row height in Excel is measured in points. By default, the program sets the height to 15 points (20 pixels). Excel always helps with setting the row height so that all the text is visible. If you enlarge the font, the vertical dimensions of the lines will also be increased. If you need to set these sizes manually, select the desired column or group of rows (click on the row numbers while holding down the Ctrl key), and use one of the following change methods:

Drag the bottom border
of the number of any of the selected lines
Use the command Home - Cells - Format - Row Height
. In the dialog box that opens, select the desired height (in points)

If you need to automatically select the
row height according to the contents of the cells, double-click on the bottom border of any of the selected rows (in the header panel), or go to
Home - Cells - Format - Automatic Row Height