How can you have Excel determine the best width of a column?

On the first column click A to select the column, and then right click and select Column Width. Type the width that you want for your column. Click OK.

1. How do I calculate column width in Excel?
2. How do you change the width of columns B through M to 10.25 characters?
3. Is column width in Excel in pixels?

How do I calculate column width in Excel?

Measurement Units in Excel for Column Widths

Select a cell and go to the Home tab, Cells group and click Column Width in the Format dropdown. The column width dialog displays the standard column width of 8.43.

How do you change the width of columns B through M to 10.25 characters?

Click the column header for column B to select that column and then choose Home→Format→AutoFit Column Width. Column B's width increases to accommodate the longest entry (in cell B6). Click the column header for column C to select it and then choose Home→Format→Column Width. The Column Width dialog box opens.

Is column width in Excel in pixels?

Excel begins with a default width of 8 characters and translates this into a given number of pixels, depending on the Normal style font. It then rounds this number up to the nearest multiple of 8 pixels, so that scrolling across columns and rows is faster.