Open the Excel worksheet for which you want to alter the column width. Click on the Home tab in the Excel ribbon. Go to the Cells group and click on the "Format" icon to reveal the Cell Size menu.

Click "Default Width" under the Cell Size heading. Insert your desired column width into the box labeled "Standard column width." Your spreadsheet now features one set column width for all columns.

Microsoft Excel’s AutoFit feature is great when you need to resize a cell to display more text than the cell currently allows. But when you can’t change the size of a cell to fit the text ...

The purpose of the Convert Text to columns wizard is to separate the content of one excel cell into separate cells. You can set the delimiters that your data contain and set the column data format.

In Excel 2007, press Alt, which puts Excel into a shortcut key mode (see the January 2009 column, page 74, for more on the use of KeyTips) and press H for the Home tab of the Ribbon. Press O (capital ...

Microsoft Excel’s Advanced Filter feature displays records that match specific criteria. You can also limit the columns returned by this feature.