If you are new to Excel, you must know what the difference between a row and a column is. These two words are quite important for you to know about.
So let me take an example to explain.
In the following example, you can see a spreadsheet which is an Excel worksheet, and this Excel sheet is made up of cells.
But here you need to know about a row and a column, right?
Difference Between Rows and Columns
Row | Column |
A row is a horizontal combination of the cell. | A column is a vertical combination of the cell. |
You can refer to a row by its number. i.e., 1, 2, 3 | You can refer to a column by its alphabet. i.e., A, B, C |
You can refer to multiple rows by using a range of rows. For example, 1:3 means referring to row 1 to row 3. | You can refer to multiple columns by using a range of columns. For example, A:C means referring to column A to column C. |
There is a total of 1048576 rows in a single worksheet. | There is a total of 16384 columns in a single worksheet. |
To select a row, you can use click on the number heading from the left side of the worksheet, or you can select a cell from the row that you want to select and use the keyboard shortcut SHIFT + SPACEBAR. | To select a column, you can use click on the alphabet heading of the column from the top of the worksheet, or you can select a cell from the column that you want to select and use the keyboard shortcut CRTL + SPACEBAR. |
Points to Know
- You can hide a column and a row by using the right-click menu from the mouse.
- You can sum all the values from a column, or a row simply by referring to it by its address.
- You can insert a new row and a column from the right-click menu. You can have more rows (1048576) and columns (16384) than the total count that you have in the worksheet.