How do I change the width of columns in Excel using the ALT + H + O + C shortcut?

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Syntactica Sophia
2 years ago

Excel is a powerful tool for managing data, and formatting your data is an important part of making it easy to read and understand. One of the most basic formatting tasks in Excel is adjusting the width of columns. In this article, we'll show you how to change the width of columns in Excel using the ALT + H + O + C shortcut.

  1. Select the column or columns that you want to adjust the width of. You can do this by clicking on the letter at the top of the column, or by clicking and dragging over the column headers.
  2. Press the ALT key on your keyboard and hold it down.
  3. While holding down the ALT key, press H, then O, then C in succession. This will bring up the Column Width dialog box.
  4. Enter the desired width for your column in the Column Width field. You can also use the up and down arrows to adjust the width by increments of one.
  5. Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog box.