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Columns and rows in Excel spreadsheets

Columns and rows in Excel spreadsheets

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Definition: Columns are a fundamental part of any spreadsheet program such as Excel. Columns run vertically in a spreadsheet and help to identify the location of data. Each column is identified by a letter in the column header.

There are 256 columns in an Excel 2003 worksheet. In Excel 2007, there are more than 16,000.

The intersection point between a column and a row is a cell.

Cells are the basic storage unit for data in a spreadsheet.

Examples: If the number is too wide for the cell, widen the column so that the entire number can be seen.
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