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help with Excel 2007 column width?
I have an assignment where i have to do several things to a sheet and one that is really irritating to me is "change the column width to 7.8" ok so i clicked on column A and it selected the whole column then i right clicked and clicked on column width and the column width display box popped up, i entered 7.8 and hit ok. but when i check the column width it says 7.86.
why is that and how can i get it to 7.80? i want to be precise because my professor is very strict about her measurements
i tried several times and it keeps saying its 7.86!
yea i tried adding 7.80 but it doesn't work either, i tried "10.56" just to check if it would do the same thing and it just went to like 10.50 or something like that.
2 Answers
- Andrew LLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Really, don't worry about it. You have set a specific column width which is what you were asked to do.
The column width is not a ruler measurement. It is actually based on the number of characters that can be entered in a cell using the default text style. To set it to 7.8 you would first have to find a font and font size that would exactly fit that size, then you would have to set the default style! Far too complicated.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
7.86 means that it is 7.8 and a 1/2 so he probably wont notice.....but if you really want it type 7.80
