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Columns and rows in Excel spreadsheets

Columns and rows in Excel spreadsheets

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Definition: Rows run horizontally in an Excel worksheet. They are identified by a number in the row header. There are 65,536 rows in each Excel worksheet. The intersection point between a row and a column is a cell, which is the basic storage unit for data in a spreadsheet.
Examples: If you increase the size of the font in an Excel spreadsheet, the rows will automatically increase in size to accomodate the larger font.

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