For a Microsoft Excel 98 version and a Microsoft Excel 2001 for Mac version of this article, see 179045.
Symptoms
You may be unable to use the AutoFit feature for columns or rows that contain merged cells in Microsoft Excel. In addition, if the Wrap Text feature is also selected, text is not wrapped automatically.
Cause
In Excel, you cannot use the AutoFit feature on a column that contains a cell merged with cells in other columns. Likewise, you cannot use AutoFit on a row that contains a cell merged with cells in other rows.
Workaround
When you use merged cells, manually adjust row height and column width by using the following procedures, as appropriate for the version of Excel that you are running.
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and earlier versions of Excel
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On the Format menu, point to Row, and then click Height.
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On the Format menu, point to Column, and then click Width.
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
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On the Home tab, click
Format in the Cells group, and then click
Row Height. -
On the Home tab, click
Format in the Cells group, and then click
Column Width.
