Excel is a spreadsheet application that many people use to organize data. This application allows you to make formatting changes to spreadsheets, making it easier to interpret data sets. Learning how to make Excel cells bigger or adjust the cell size helps you create a spreadsheet with a lot of data and text.
How To Make Excel Cells Bigger Using Ribbon
Here’s how you can do it:
Step 1:
First, choose which cells you want to enlarge.
Step 2:
Once selected, proceed to the “Home” tab, choose the “Format” tab from the cell group, and then choose “Row Height” from the drop-down menu.
Step 3:
Then, choose the row height you want and press OK.
The height of the selected cells has now been increased.
Step 4:
Select the cells once more and go to the “Format” symbol; this time, select “Column Width” from the drop-down menu.
Step 6:
Now, input the desired column width and click OK.
At this point, the size of the selected cells will increase.
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How To Make Excel Cells Bigger Using Mouse
Row Height:
Point the pointer to the row number’s bottom edge (located on the left side of the screen).
Click and drag to change the row height when the cursor turns into a double-headed arrow.
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Column Width:
Place your pointer at the top of the screen, near the right border of the column letter.
To modify the width of the column, click and drag when the pointer turns into a double-headed arrow.
How To Make Excel Cells Bigger Using AutoFit
This AutoFit method adjusts the cell size according to the values in the cells. When you activate the AutoFit function, it changes the size of each cell according to what you put in the cells.
The AutoFit method directs the system to modify cells to fit what’s inside so that all your data is accessible.
Step 1:
Begin by clicking on a cell in the row or column you want to modify to enable AutoFit.
Step 2:
Then, select the “Home” menu option.
Step 3:
Choose “Format” from the “Cells” group. “AutoFit Column Width” and “AutoFit Row Height” options are available in the drop-down menu. Please select the appropriate option by clicking on it.
This method applies the AutoFit function to the row or column of the cell you’ve chosen.
Increasing the entire Cells or sheets
To apply this functionality to an entire sheet:
- On the “Edit” group, select “Select All.”
- Then, use the “Format” menu again, or double-click on the borders.
Double-clicking the border between two columns, for example, applies AutoFit to column widths, but double-clicking the border between two rows applies AutoFit to row heights.
How To Make Excel Cells Bigger Using Wrap Text
Wrap text enlarges the cells by changing the cells’ values and increasing the cell’s height.
Step 1:
First, choose the cells or the complete column where you want to use the wrap text function to make the cells larger.
Step 2:
After that, go to the “Home” tab and then click on the “Wrap Text” tab within the “Alignment” group.
Step 3:
When you click on “Wrap Text,” the height of the cells increases, the values in the cells are modified, and the cells become larger, except for the cells that have values in lines.
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What is the shortcut to make a cell bigger in Excel?
Here are the shortcut keys to adjust the row and column height and width of the Excel cells:
Alt + H + O + I to AutoFit Cell Width (Columns).
Alt + H + O + A to AutoFit Row Height (Rows).
To manually enter the row height, press Alt + H + O + H.
To manually enter the column width, press Alt + H + O + W.
How To Make Cells Bigger In Google Sheets
Step 1:
Go to Google Sheets and open the spreadsheet you want to make bigger.
Step 2:
Select the cells you want to resize: Click and drag the cursor to select the cells, or click on a specific cell to resize a single cell.
Step 3:
To resize a row, move your cursor to the row number on the left side of the sheet. You’ll see a double-headed arrow appear.
Click and drag the row edge to adjust the height of the row.
Step 4:
To resize a column, move your cursor to the column letter at the top of the sheet. Again, you’ll see a double-headed arrow.
Click and drag the column edge to adjust the width of the column.
How to Set a Specific Row Height or Column Width
You can also set a specific height or width for a row or column.
- Right-click on the row number or column letter of interest.
- Choose “Resize row.” or “Resize column.“
- After that, select the height or width you would like, and then click “OK.”
