15. Excel Tips - Wrap Text for headings

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Screen real estate is a valuable commodity, and with this tip, you can save using it unnecessarily.

If you autofit the columns with large headings, it will look like this:

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However, to get it to this is only a few steps:

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Step1:
Select the row, right click, format cells, alignment... and click "Wrap Text"

Step2:
Still with the row selected, right click, row height, and change it to something huge like 200

Step3:
For each column reduce the column size manually until you can see each word on one line.

Step4:
Then select the column and type in sequence: ALT then O then C then A

Step5:
Select the row again, and type in sequence: ALT then O then R then A

..if you don't like the look of having one word on each line, the same process works for having 2 words per line.

Training Video on Wrapping Text for large headings: