Column Break (dotted vertical line)

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Mona Lowrey

How do you remove this apparent "column break"? It is
a "vertical" dotted line that cuts my printing off. It
acts just like a "page break" in Word. How do I remove
it?


Need help in Arizona
Assignment due tomorrow (10/18/2003)

Thanks
Mona
 
Mona, that is showing you where the sheet will print, it depends on where
you have the margins set as to where it is on the worksheet
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That's a vertical page break indication. To hide it, choose
Tools/Options/View, and uncheck the Page breaks checkbox.
 
Hi Mona,
Sorry but your question is a bit ambiguous, and has many interpretations
as to what you are actually asking for.

From JE to hide the page breaks
Tools, Options, View (tab), uncheck Page Breaks

From Paul: to change your automatic page breaks, you can move your
margins and column boundaries, which you can do from
Print Preview, Margins
adding to Paul's, you can switch between Portrait and Landscape with
File, Page Setup, Page -- choose Portrait or Landscape
another choice would be to change the Print xx pages wide, and/or
Print xx pages high. Changing the Font size, or alignment options
would also change your presentation.

Another interpretation. You are in Page Break Preview, where you
see numbers superimposed on your worksheet from
the View menu and you would find the
Tools, Options, View, Page breaks
is grayed out. To get back to the normal view use
View (menu), Normal (as in normal view)

Still another interpretation involving actual changes to the
page breaks rather than seeing them..

To remove all inserted manual page breaks.
Select all cells (ctrl+A)
Insert (menu), Replace ALL Page Breaks

To remove a specific page break on a column
Select the column after the page break.
Insert (menu), Remove Page Break

Similar action to remove page breaks before row(s).

Automatic page breaks will be changed as required based on
any addition or removal of manual page breaks.

You can insert a manual page breaks before a selection use
Insert (menu), Page Break.
A page break will be inserted before the selection.

If you select a column the break will be inserted before the column.

If you select a row, the page break will be inserted before the row.

If you choose a cell say at D48 or a range like D48:G54,
a page break will be inserted before row 48 and a page break
will be inserted before column D.

By adding or deleting your manual page breaks you will affect automatic
page breaks.
 

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