You could hide those columns. Select columns H through IV (you can do this
quickly by entering H:IV in the Name Box, the one to the left of the Formula
Bar) and then right-click the selected cells and click Hide on the popup
menu that appears.

Rick


"mbnspect" wrote in message
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I am working on an excel spread sheet. I only need to have 9 columns for
what I want to do. The columns are from A to J. Is there a way of
deleting
the rest of the columns or making them inactive. This makes it easier
especially when blocking a row. It would not be row of 702 columns but
only
of 9 columns?