Excel auto-fit

[NancyC]

I accidently dragged and deleted the format width autofit option on my
toolbar. I want it back. I know you can double click the column top to get
the whole column to autofit; but sometimes I just want a cell to be the
autofit width for the entire column. How can I get it back?

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

You can reset toolbars under tools>customize>toolbars and reset


Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

 

[NancyC]

Sorry, it was not on the toolbar, it is on the top command bar where "File
is. I used to be able to hit Format Column and the Autofit option was there.
I tried resetting toolbars; but I do not believe this is called a toolbar,
it is where the commands are like File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, etc. I
had accidently dragged it somehwere and it disappeared.

 

[Jim Rech]

Use Peo's approach but select Worksheet Menu Bar (towards the end of the
list) and then do the reset.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
| Sorry, it was not on the toolbar, it is on the top command bar where "File
| is. I used to be able to hit Format Column and the Autofit option was
there.
| I tried resetting toolbars; but I do not believe this is called a toolbar,
| it is where the commands are like File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, etc.
I
| had accidently dragged it somehwere and it disappeared.
|
| "Peo Sjoblom" wrote:
|
| > You can reset toolbars under tools>customize>toolbars and reset
| >
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Peo Sjoblom
| >
| > "NancyC" wrote:
| >
| > > I accidently dragged and deleted the format width autofit option on my
| > > toolbar. I want it back. I know you can double click the column top
to get
| > > the whole column to autofit; but sometimes I just want a cell to be
the
| > > autofit width for the entire column. How can I get it back?

 

[Ann Shaw]

I have a similar problem. I was previously using Excell 2000 and when I
upgraded to 2003 the autofit icon that I had put on my extensively customized
toolbar was no longer there.

I have searched for the icon in tools/customize, but can't find it to drag
on the toolbar. Is it called something different now? I don't want to reset
toolbar because of customization. Am not having any luck with "Double-click
the left column border in the column header to set the column to Best Fit."
I must be clicking in the wrong place, but can't find the correct place.

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Dave Peterson]

I've never had autofit on my toolbar and I've never had any trouble with just
double clicking on the row/column headers.

But you could add an icon to your favorite toolbar:

Tools|customize (just to show that dialog)
now click on Format, then column, then ctrl-drag "autofit selection" to your
favorite toolbar.

ctrl-drag copies that icon. If you just drag it, you'll be moving it.

 

[Ann Shaw]

Dave -
Thanks so much for your help. That option worked, although I would prefer
the smaller icon that evidentally has been eliminated from the toolbar
choices. I do still have the icon in Word and have put a screenshot on my
web page so that you can see what it looks like. Here's the page address:
http://www.dogwoodtrainingacademy.com/autofit.htm
Ann

 

[Dave Peterson]

I didn't look at the picture, but you can do this:

Tools|customize (again, just so that dialog is visible)
rightclick on the "autofit selection"
You can change the the icon there
You can change it to the default style

There's a few options you may want to play with.

 

[Ann Shaw]

Dave - You're wonderful. Never knew you could do all of that. I copies my
icon from Word and pasted it into Excel (the default icon in Excel was blank).

Now my only toolbar problem is one that was left over when I uninstalled a
program called TextBridge. I've got it in both Word & Excel. Have tried to
delete, but it's back everything I restart either program. Guess it's in the
registry of somewhere else I don't know where to look.

You have a great weekend and, again, thanks for all of your help.

Ann

 

[Dave Peterson]

I'd check to see if there's a textbridge addin being loaded when excel starts.

(I don't use the Textbridge software with my scanner.)

Tools|Addins
(If you find it here, uncheck it)

Or maybe in your XLStart folder.
(if you find it here, move it somewhere nice and safe--just in case you ever
want to use it later.)

If the toolbar is still there after you've turned off/moved the file, then
tools|customize|tooblars tab|uncheck the Textbridge toolbar.
(Or select it and delete it????)

Maybe the combination of turning everything off and removing it would keep it
turned off.

===
Textbridge does have different problem (not that you described). One of the
solutions for that is to move TBRun##.xls (or remove it). (TBRun97.xls comes up
often with this problem.)

You could use windows start button|search and look for:
tbrun*.xls

if you have trouble finding it.

 

[Ann Shaw]

Once again, thanks for all the suggestions. I don't use TextBridge anymore
so it's just leftover stuff.

I tried all your options below. It doesn't show up in add-ins or in the
toolbar list and when I delete it reappears the next time I open Excel. BUT,
I did find it in XLSTART and that did the trick.

It's also hanging around in Word so I checked every "start" folder, but
couldn't find it. Does Word have a uniquily named start folder?

Ann

 

[Dave Peterson]

I still don't use TextBridge <bg> and I'm just dangerous enough to hurt myself
in MSWord.

But Google knows everything!

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=OOUp0rKcBHA.1680@tkmsftngp04

When you read Suzanne Barnhill's last post, you'll see something that works in
Excel, too.

(But I like to suggest the longer way!)

 

[Ann Shaw]

Had no idea about the Google group. The alt+drag did the trick! Both Word &
Excel are FREE!

Ann

 

[Dave Peterson]

Glad you got it working.

Had no idea about the Google group. The alt+drag did the trick! Both Word &
Excel are FREE!

Ann

 

[Lyman Adrian]

Dave,

I created a pivot table. The only problem is that the cell widths keep
changing to very wide every time I move different data into the data field.
I "autofit" the columns and they get narrow again, but as soon as I change
something in the data field area again, they revert back to very wide. I
want to keep them narrow so I can see them on one screen, not scroll over and
over.

Any ideas how to lock cell widths? Or have autofit automatically adjust
cell widths?

Thanks,

Lyman Adrian

 

[deniece]

You can also right click anywhere on the pivot table and select pivotTable
options.