Rows & Columns in Excel

Row and Column Basics

MS Excel is in tabular format consisting of rows and columns.

• Row runs horizontally while Column runs vertically.

• Each row is identified by row number, which runs vertically at the left side of the sheet.

• Each column is identified by column header, which runs horizontally at the top of the sheet.

For MS Excel, Row numbers ranges from 1 to 1048576; in total 1048576 rows, and Columns ranges from A to XFD; in total 16384 columns.

Navigation with Rows and Columns

Let us see how to move to the last row or the last column.

• You can go to the last row by clicking Control + Down Navigation arrow.

• You can go to the last column by clicking Control + Right Navigation arrow.

Cell Introduction

The intersection of rows and columns is called cell.

Cell is identified with Combination of column header and row number.

For example − A1, A2.