if you stop using merge and center button you'll be much happier person!
Start using : Format-Cells-Alignment-Horizontal alignment-Center across
selection

"NS421" wrote in message
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I have a series of documents (system function lists) in Excel that vary in
column width. Above each of these, I have to insert a 'Header' that is 8
columns wide. When I insert this 'Header', it needs to fit across the
table
without changing the column widths (no matter how short (# of columns) or
wide). To make it fit, I've been playing merging and unmerging cells. This
takes FOREVER.

Is there an easier way? Is there a way to insert a table, or another
spreadsheet above the current information so that I can easily stretch the
columns to best fit the content without changing the list below?

The reason I say spreadsheet is because I feel like I've seen this before,
split so that there was a gray bar between -- was this a dream or
reality??

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