Rows and Columns

Worksheet cells are organized into 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns. The number of rows and columns is permanently fixed.

Rows and columns have headings in a worksheet (rows are numbered - "1", "2", "3",..., "1048576", and columns are lettered - "A", "B", "C",...,"XFD"). You can hide or show these row and column headings via the WorksheetView.ShowHeadings property. An end-user can select an entire row or column by clicking the corresponding row or column heading.

All worksheet rows and columns are stored in the RowCollection and ColumnCollection objects, which you can access via the Worksheet.Rows and Worksheet.Columns properties. The Row and Column objects specify an individual row or column, respectively. Use the properties and methods of these objects to manage worksheet rows and columns.

Property/Method	Description	Example
RowCollection.Item ColumnCollection.Item	Provide access to an individual row or column by its heading (Row.Heading or Column.Heading) or index (Row.Index or Column.Index ).	How to: Access a Row or Column
RowCollection.Insert, Row.Insert ColumnCollection.Insert, Column.Insert	Insert new rows and columns into a worksheet.	How to: Add a New Row or Column to a Worksheet
Range.CopyFrom	Copies a row or column.	How to: Copy a Row or Column
RowCollection.Remove, Row.Delete ColumnCollection.Remove, Column.Delete	Remove specified rows and columns from a worksheet.	How to: Delete a Row or Column from a Worksheet
Row.Visible Column.Visible	Control row or column visibility in a worksheet.	How to: Show or Hide a Row or Column
Worksheet.FreezeRows, Worksheet.FreezeColumns Worksheet.FreezePanes, Worksheet.UnfreezePanes	Freeze and unfreeze rows and columns at the top and on the left side of the worksheet.	How to: Freeze and Unfreeze Rows and Columns
Row.Height, Range.RowHeight, Worksheet.DefaultRowHeight Column.Width, Column.WidthInCharacters, Column.WidthInPixels Range.ColumnWidth, Range.ColumnWidthInCharacters Worksheet.DefaultColumnWidth, Worksheet.DefaultColumnWidthInCharacters, Worksheet.DefaultColumnWidthInPixels Row.AutoFit, Column.AutoFit	Specify row height and column width in a worksheet.	How to: Specify Row Height or Column Width

Rows and Columns

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