[GNC] How to widen the 'Account' column when entering transactions

David T. sunfish62 at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 12 22:36:07 EDT 2026


Ah, right. That was it. Double click the dividing line. 

Like I said, my recollection was foggy. 

On March 13, 2026 6:53:18 AM GMT+05:30, Jim Passmore <jim at passmore4.com> wrote:
>> > Not to go too far afield, but I'm like 99.999999% certain that if you
>> > double click on the column header in Excel (the letter designations),
>> > the column width is adjusted to the widest data value in the column. At
>> > least that's my recollection.
>> >
>> > David T.
>>
>> Hi, David! I just now tried it, and it's not that way. Double-clicking
>> on the letter E (the heading of the fifth worksheet column) did nothing
>> though there were numerous entries wider than the current column width.
>
>I no longer have a computer with Excel, but as I recall, double click
>the small vertical divider line between columns (e.g., between "B" and
>"C")--not the center of the header.  (I don't remember if double
>clicking the divider deeper in the spreadsheet also works.)
>
>Jim
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