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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.

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What happens when you double click a cell in excel?

If you click right between the heading of two columns, when the mouse pointer changes to a double headed arrow, it will trigger an autofit. This will set the width of the column to be equal to the widest contents of a cell in the column. This may mean the column will get wider or narrower.


To adjust a columns width in a table you would?

select a column and then position your cursor on its border and move it; or to achieve automatical width / height, select and double click on its border


How can you eliminate excess row height in a spreadsheet?

You can double click on the border of the headings of the row, to set the row height to a best fit. You can also manually drag it to narrow it.


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.


What do you do to automatically resize column headings to match the width of the largest data filled in a column?

Put the mouse pointer between the column header of the column the text is in and the one to the right, until it becomes a double-headed arrow. Then double-click. So if the text was in column C, you'd put the mouse pointer on the border between the C and D for each column and when you saw the pointer change to having two arrows, then double click.


A convenient way to AutoFit the content of a column is to select a group of columns and then between two column boundaries?

Double-click.


What can you click in the Column Width dialog box to show the automatically selects the best width the data in the column?

double click the line in between the columns


Is it always the case that a double story building should have columns?

No.


How do you put double border on Excel?

Go into Format Cells and go to Border and you can pick up the style of the border, including double lines.


Where does your mouse need to be in order to change column width?

It needs to be on the boundary between the two column headings. When it is in the right place, a double-arrowed line will appear, indicating that the column can be widened or narrowed.


What are three ways to change the column width in a spreadsheets document?

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What does double column mean?

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