Excell has shrunk!

[Scottisimo]

New, bumbling, user was trying to create a new spreadsheet, when for no apparent reason, my whole spreadsheet shrunk.  How do I get it back to the original size?  Laptop, Windows 7, Office 2007.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

@Scottisimo 

How to enlarge or reduce the view of an Excel table?

a) Find the slider in the lower right corner of the Excel window.

b) Drag the slider to the right to enlarge the table display.

c) Conversely, you can also reduce the size of the display in order to display a larger data area. In that case, simply drag the slider to the left.

d) Step by step by 10% up or down it goes with the plus symbol and the minus symbol next to the slider.

Please note that the zoom factor only changes the view on the screen, but not the output on a printer. You can find an additional zoom option for the printout in the printer settings under Windows settings.

I would be happy to know if I could help.

Nikolino

I know I don't know anything (Socrates)

[#3]

@NikolinoDE 

Nikolino,

With all due respect to Socrates, you seem to know a lot!  Thank you!

[#4]

@NikolinoDE  

May I ask one more question?  How do you delete an entire workbook (not a worksheet) in Excel 2007?

Thank you!

Bumbling Newbie

[#5]

How do you delete an entire workbook (not a worksheet) in Excel 2007?

Thank you!

Bumbling Newbie

[#6]

@Scottisimo 

To delete an entire workbook, close it in Excel, then delete the workbook file in File Explorer (if you're on Windows) or Finder (if you're on Mac).

[#7]

Thanks, Hans!

[#8]

Thanks, Hans,  one more question:

Once you delete the workbook in Windows Explorer, is there a way to delete it from the list of recent workbooks you've viewed?

Thanks,

Scott

[#9]

@Scottisimo 

Right-click the workbook in the list of documents, and select 'Remove from list' from the context menu.

[#10]

Thank you, but that doesn't work in Excel 2007. 

[#11]

@Scottisimo 

See Clear and Delete Recent Documents 

[#12]

I'm trying to sort my spreadsheet by multiple columns.  How do I indicate to Excel that if a row has an "x" in the "A" column, then that row gets sorted to the bottom of the document?  I want to be able to put an "x" in any rows that I've dealt with, and have them go to the bottom of the document.  This way I can save them, but they won't be distracting me when I review the rest of the document.

Thank you!

Scott

[#13]

@NikolinoDE 

Thank you, that helped, but I still can't see the 7 columns..  What do I do?

[#14]

@DRSspirlock5532yahoo 

Click the button at the intersection of the row numbers and column letters.

On the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Cells group, select Format > Hide & Unhide > Unhide Columns.

[#15]

My Row/Column indicators and full worksheet space are miniscule, also ribbon overlaps. Got it, thanks again for the help you have given me