Adapt Spreadsheet Text For Free

Start by selecting the cells you want to modify. On the Home tab, select Format > Format Cells, which will open the Format Cells dialog box. The first tab listed is the Number tab. The Category list in the Number tab allows you to select the format you want to use, such as Date, Time, Percentage, Currency, etc.

Select the column or columns that you want to change. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format. Under Cell Size, click AutoFit Column Width. Note: To quickly autofit all columns on the worksheet, click the Select All button, and then double-click any boundary between two column headings.

To make the columns in a table automatically fit the contents, click on your table. On the Layout tab, in the Cell Size group, click AutoFit, and then click AutoFit Contents. To use the ruler, select a cell in the table, and then drag the markers on the ruler.

Another way to make Excel cells expand to fit text automatically is by using the following options on the ribbon: To AutoFit column width, select one, several or all columns on the sheet, go to the Home tab > Cells group, and click Format > AutoFit Column Width.

From the drop-down menu that opens, select ?AutoFit Column Width,? and Excel will automatically adjust the row width to fit the text content. In a similar fashion, you can choose ?AutoFit Row Height? to adjust the height of a cell.

Select the column, or range where you'll be putting the values, then use CTRL+1 to bring up the Format > Cells dialog and on the Number tab select Text. Now Excel will keep your leading 0's. If you've already entered data and Excel has removed your leading 0's, you can use the TEXT function to add them back.

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