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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Optimal Column Width</title>
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33<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; optimal column widths</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>columns; optimal widths</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>optimal column widths</bookmark_value>
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41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155628" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Optimal Column Width</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145068" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><variable id="optitext"><ahelp hid=".uno:SetOptimalColumnWidthDi">Defines the optimal column width for selected columns.</ahelp>
43</variable> The optimal column width depends on the longest entry within a column. You can choose from the available <link href="text/shared/00/00000003.xhp#metrik" name="measurement units">measurement units</link>.</paragraph>
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49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150449" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"><ahelp hid="SC:METRICFIELD:RID_SCDLG_COL_OPT:ED_VALUE">Defines additional spacing between the longest entry in a column and the vertical column borders.</ahelp></paragraph>
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52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="SC:CHECKBOX:RID_SCDLG_COL_OPT:BTN_DEFVAL">Defines the optimal column width in order to display the entire contents of the column.</ahelp> The additional spacing for the optimal column width is preset to 0.1 in.</paragraph>
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