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Summary: Need to change the layout of your worksheet in a macro? You can adjust the width of individual columns by using the ColumnWidth property. This tip shows you how. (This tip works with Microsoft Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003, and Excel 2007.)
It is not unusual to use macros to process data and format output in an workbook. If you use macros to do this type of work, you may be interested in changing the width of a column using a macro. If so, you should pay attention to the ColumnWidth property. This property, when applied to a Column object, indicates the width of the column in characters, based on the current font settings.
For instance, the following code snippet steps through the columns in a selection and sets the width of each column to 10 characters:
For Each c In ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Columns
c.ColumnWidth = 10
Next c
Tip #2558 applies to Microsoft Excel versions: 97 2000 2002 2003 2007
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