Row runs horizontally, and column runs vertically. We explain how to set or change the Row height and Column width in Microsoft Excel.

Freezing a row in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets can organize your spreadsheet and make sorting through data a breeze. Here's how to do it.

Excel measures row height in points. Excel considers the current font when calculating column width; a column width of 5 means that the column will display 5 digits, using Normal style.

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 ...