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It is called Auto-Fit Column width. You will find it in the cell format options. When you click on the Auto-Fit button, your column will automatically expand to allow room for the widest contents of a cell in the column.

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What will cause the width of the column to increase or decrese so the widest entry will fit?

Click on column auto-width in the cells format section.


Does auto column adjust mean that the width of the column will be increased or decreased so the widest entry will fit in the column?

yes


When Excel automatically sets the width of a column based on the widest entry in the column?

Best fit or AutoFit.


When Excel automatically sets the width of a column based on the widest entry in the column is called what?

Autofit is the facility that allows a column to set its width at the widest entry in the column.


When a cell automatically sets the width of a column based on the widest entry it is called what?

best fit


What is it called when the width of a column will be increased or decreased so the widest entry will fit?

Autofit...fit to contents


What is the best column in Excel?

There is no best column in Excel. All columns are the same. If you are referring to the best fit, then that is based on the widest entry in a column being used to set the width of the column.


What action sets the width of a column to fit the longest entry in the column in Excel?

The auto-fit column width, which you can do by placing the cursor between the border of the column headings of the column you want to widen and the column to its right. You will get a bar with two arrows showing on it and if you then double click, it will widen the column to the appropriate size to fit the widest entry.


When you double click between columns headings the border between the columns do what?

The column to the left will widen or narrow out to fit the widest entry in the column. The column to the right will move, but its width will not change.


An expiration of a major industry patent would A increase barriers to entry B decrease barriers to entry C leave barriers to entry unaffected D increase supplier power E decrease supplier power?

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What is name of the feature used to resize a column to accommodate its widest entry?

On the Home menu bar on the right side click format, on the drop down menu click AUTOFIT column width.