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lauren22dyad

does anyone know how to customize the length of a cell? I am trying to
customize a worksheet to insert into a word template.
 
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JE McGimpsey

Cells don't have a width property. Instead you can set the entire column
width. See "Change column width or row height" in XL Help.
 
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lauren22dyad

also, is there a way to adjust column length in inches, or show some
kind of ruler?
Its seems really stupid that it measures it in characters...I need to
make it an exact size.
 
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JE McGimpsey

Mac XL 2004 allows you to adjust column width and row height in inches
or cm.

No Windows XL versions do.
 
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JE McGimpsey

Harald Staff said:
Excel is a math tool.
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Well, based on my experience, it's mostly a list tool, at least as
measured by the percentage of workbooks out there <g>. Math is rather a
distant second.

And even math tools can use inches/cm to set column widths...
 
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J Laroche

JE McGimpsey wrote on 2005/05/10 17:47:
Well, based on my experience, it's mostly a list tool, at least as
measured by the percentage of workbooks out there <g>. Math is rather a
distant second.
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Yes, a secretary at my office was using Excel to list the petty cash
receipts and their amounts... and was calculating their sum with the desktop
calculator, the real physical one ;-))

JL
Mac OS X 10.3.9, Office v.X 10.1.6
 
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Harald Staff

Well, based on my experience, it's mostly a list tool, at least as
measured by the percentage of workbooks out there <g>.
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Lol. Yes, my experience also. So a car is a sculpture, since it's big and
stands still most of the time. Transportation is a distant second ;-)

Best wishes Harald
 
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