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Fixing column width

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Cliff Lewis - 18 Dec 2007 15:49 GMT
I have a spreadsheet in which I have set the widths of certain columns
using Autofit. The problem is that I often have to add to the
spreadsheet by importing data from a text file. Every time I do that,
the column width changes to the width of the new data (which is
usually narrower than what I wanted). Is there a way to prevent that
from happening?

Thanks,
Cliff Lewis
Jim Rech - 18 Dec 2007 16:02 GMT
Assuming you're using the Data, Import Data command, when you get to the
final "Import Data" dialog there is a "Properties" button (in Excel 2003 at
least).  One of those properties is Adjust column width, which you'd want to
uncheck.

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|I have a spreadsheet in which I have set the widths of certain columns
| using Autofit. The problem is that I often have to add to the
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| Thanks,
| Cliff Lewis

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