Traditional Ways to Adjust Column Widths (Manually) In this example, Excel's default column width isn't wide enough to show all the text in column A.

To copy column width to another sheet in Excel or the same sheet, you need to use the Keep Source Column Widths option. First, copy the column you want to duplicate from the source file.

How to Convert Excel to Text & Set Column Width. Each Microsoft Excel worksheet is broken up into cells. Each cell is part of a column.

Copying data from one Excel column to another often means an additional task; you must adjust the target column's width. Fortunately, there's an easy way to do so using Paste Special.

Excel columns are fairly narrow by default, and they won't always accommodate all of your data. With this in mind, Microsoft makes it easy to adjust the width of a column by dragging the line on ...