You use the Transpose option. Select the column of data you want. Then copy it in the normal way. Put the cursor into the cell that you want to have the first cell in. Then instead of Paste, go to Paste Special and pick Transpose.
You can the Text to Columns facility.
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Use the Text To Columns option in the Data menu. If you have some data in a column that is comma separated you can select it and with the Text To Columns option you can spread it out to the neighbouring columns, breaking the data at the commas.
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In order to make data in cells to be seen, if you don't want to change row or column sizes you can change the font size of the data.
Ideally have the names in the first column of your data. Then select the column that has the names in it and the other columns. The active cell should be in the first column. Then go up to "Data" on the toolbar or the Sort and Filter options. You can select to sort alphabetically. If the Names are not in the first column you can use the Advanced sort option and choose it as the column you want to sort on when all of the columns of data are selected.
Hiding columns in a table does not remove the data from the table; it simply hides the column from view. The data in the hidden columns remains in the table and can be unhidden at any time to display the data.
If you only have a small amount of data, then it could be stored in a single column if appropriate.
No, it is possible to sort on more than one column, which is used for sorting things within groups, like firstnames with surnames, or sales within months.
That depends on the nature of the text and what way you want it to be in columns. If it is just a large block of text that you want into newspaper-styled columns, then word processors and desktop publishers have the facility to do that. If you want text that is data, like names and addresses etc. and you want to break the data up so that all the names are in a column and the addresses are in columns, then you do something different. You separate the components on a line with commas and put each new set of data on a new line. Then it can be imported into a database or spreadsheet and the data will be split into columns based where the commas are.
In Excel, you can sort up to 256 columns of data using the Sort dialog box. However, for practical purposes, sorting is typically done on a smaller number of columns, often one or two, to maintain clarity and organization in the data. The Sort dialog allows you to specify multiple levels of sorting, enabling you to prioritize how each column is sorted.