Varying column widths

[scoutleader101]

Is there any way, for example, to have certain column widths from rows
1 to 40, and then have different widths from rows 41 on? How about
some way of freezing what's above and then having different widths in
the information below?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Not really.

You could use merged cells (format|cells|alignment tab|check merge cells).

But merged cells cause lots of other problems--sorting, copy|pasting...I
wouldn't use them unless I absolutely had to.