MS-Excel / General Formatting

Hiding Rows and Columns



The easiest way to establish boundaries is simply to hide all the unused columns and rows. On your sheet, locate the last row containing data and select the entire rowbelowit by clicking the rowlabel. Press the Ctrl and Shift keys while pressing the down arrow to select all rows beneath. Select Home → Format → Hide & Unhide → Hide Rows or right click and select Hide (pre-2007, Format → Row → Hide) to hide them all. Do the same thing for unused columns; find the last-used column, select the entire column to the right of it, press the Ctrl and Shift keys while pressing the right arrow, and then again on the Home tab, select Format → Hide & Unhide → Hide Columns (pre-2007, Format → Column → Hide). If all went according to plan, your useful cells should be surrounded by a moat past which you cannot scroll.

In this tutorial:

  1. Limit the Scrolling Range of Your Worksheet
  2. Hiding Rows and Columns
  3. Specifying a Valid Range
  4. Activating Only the Used Range
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