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This wikiHow teaches you how to collapse multiple columns in your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet using the “Group” tool.

  1. You can do this on your Mac or PC by double-clicking the file. [1]
  2. To do this, click the letter above the first column, then drag the mouse to include the second column. Both columns should now be highlighted. [2]
    • If you don’t want to collapse two entire columns, just select the cells you want to collapse (rather than selecting the column letters).
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  3. It’s at the top of Excel.
  4. It’s near the top-right corner of the screen in the “Outline” group. [3]
  5. If you don’t see a “Group” pop-up, just skip to the next step. [4]
  6. It’s on the left side of the gray bar above your spreadsheet. The columns will collapse and “-“ will turn to a “+.”
  7. [5]
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      1. Open your spreadsheet.
      2. Select the columns.
      3. Click the Data tab.
      4. Click Group .
      5. Select Columns and click OK .
      6. Click to collapse.
      7. Click + to uncollapse.

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