<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Manage cells, rows, and columns</title> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="description" content="Insert or delete cells, rows, and columns, hide or show rows or columns, change row height and column width" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../editor.css" /> </head> <body> <div class="mainpart"> <h1>Manage cells, rows, and columns</h1> <p>You can insert blank cells above or to the left of the selected cell on a worksheet. You can also insert an entire row above the selected one or a column to the left of the selected column. To make it easy to view a large amount of information, you can hide some rows or columns and display them again. It's also possible to specify a certain row height and column width.</p> <h3>Insert cells, rows, columns</h3> <p><b>To insert a blank cell to the left of the selected cell:</b></p> <ol> <li>right-click the cell to the left of which you wish to insert a new one,</li> <li>click the <b>Insert Cells</b> <img alt="Insert Cells icon" src="../images/insertcells.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar or select the <b>Insert</b> item from the right-click menu and use the <b>Shift cells right</b> option.</li> </ol> <p>The program will shift the selected cell to the right to insert a blank one.</p> <p><b>To insert a blank cell above the selected cell:</b></p> <ol> <li>right-click the cell above which you wish to insert a new one,</li> <li>click the <b>Insert Cells</b> <img alt="Insert Cells icon" src="../images/insertcells.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar or select the <b>Insert</b> item from the right-click menu and use the <b>Shift cells down</b> option.</li> </ol> <p>The program will shift the selected cell down to insert a blank one.</p> <p><b>To insert an entire row:</b></p> <ol> <li>select either the whole row by clicking its heading or a cell in the row above which you wish to insert a new one, <p class="note"><b>Note</b>: to insert multiple rows, select the same number of rows as you wish to insert.</p> </li> <li>click the <b>Insert Cells</b> <img alt="Insert Cells icon" src="../images/insertcells.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar and use the <b>Entire row</b> option, <br />or right-click the selected cell, select the <b>Insert</b> item from the right-click menu, then choose the <b>Entire row</b> option, <br />or right-click the selected row(s) and use the <b>Insert Top</b> option from the right-click menu. </li> </ol> <p>The program will shift the selected row down to insert a blank one.</p> <p><b>To insert an entire column:</b></p> <ol> <li>select either the whole column by clicking its heading or a cell in the column to the left of which you wish to insert a new one, <p class="note"><b>Note</b>: to insert multiple columns, select the same number of columns as you wish to insert.</p> </li> <li>click the <b>Insert Cells</b> <img alt="Insert Cells icon" src="../images/insertcells.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar and use the <b>Entire column</b> option, <br />or right-click the selected cell, select the <b>Insert</b> item from the right-click menu, then choose the <b>Entire column</b> option, <br />or right-click the selected column(s) and use the <b>Insert Left</b> option from the right-click menu. </li> </ol> <p>The program will shift the selected column to the right to insert a blank one.</p> <h3>Hide and show rows and columns</h3> <p><b>To hide a row or column:</b></p> <ol> <li>select rows or columns you wish to hide,</li> <li>right-click the selected rows or columns and use the <b>Hide</b> option from the right-click menu.</li> </ol> <p><b>To display hidden rows or columns</b>, select visible rows above and below the hidden rows or visible columns to the left and to the right of the hidden columns, right-click them and use the <b>Show</b> option from the right-click menu.</p> <h3>Change column width and row height</h3> <p>The <b>column width</b> determines how many characters with default formatting can be displayed in the column cell. The default value is set to 8.43 symbols. To change it:</p> <ol> <li>select columns you wish to change,</li> <li>right-click the selected columns and use the <b>Column Width</b> option from the right-click menu,</li> <li>in the <b>Column Width</b> window, specify a new value from 0 to 255 and click <b>OK</b>. <p><img alt="Column Width window" src="../images/columnwidth.png" /></p> </li> </ol> <p>To change the width of a single column manually, drag the right border of the column heading.</p> <p>The default <b>row height</b> value is 15 points. To change it:</p> <ol> <li>select rows you wish to change,</li> <li>right-click the selected rows and use the <b>Row Height</b> option from the right-click menu,</li> <li> in the <b>Row Height</b> window, specify a new value from 0 to 408.75 and click <b>OK</b>. <p><img alt="Row Height window" src="../images/rowheight.png" /></p> </li> </ol> <p>To change the height of a single row manually, drag the bottom border of the row heading.</p> <h3>Delete cells, rows, columns</h3> <p><b>To delete an unnecessary cell, row, or column:</b></p> <ol> <li>select cells, rows, or columns you wish to delete,</li> <li>click the <b>Delete Cells</b> <img alt="Delete Cells icon" src="../images/deletecells.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar or select the <b>Delete</b> item from the right-click menu and select the appropriate option: <br />if you use the <b>Shift cells left</b> option a cell to the right of the deleted one will be moved to the left; <br />if you use the <b>Shift cells up</b> option a cell below the deleted one will be moved up; <br />if you use the <b>Entire row</b> option a row below the selected one will be moved up; <br />if you use the <b>Entire column</b> option a column to the right of the deleted one will be moved to the left; </li> </ol> <p>You can always restore the deleted data using the <b>Undo</b> <img alt="Undo icon" src="../images/undo.png" /> icon at the top toolbar.</p> </div> </body> </html>