Deleting unwanted colums on a worksheet

I need to know how to delete unwanted coulums on a worksheet. I remember
being taught this in school 10 years ago but i guess its been pushed out of
my memory after all this time. All the extra colums are slowing down our
programs. any help would be appreciated.

You cannot "delete" columns. Perhaps they are formatted so you should select
all of the unwanted columns by putting the cursor on the column label>hold
the shift key>goto the last to delete>touch the delete key>save.

You may then hide the columns

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
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"fraugfreak" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need to know how to delete unwanted coulums on a worksheet. I remember
> being taught this in school 10 years ago but i guess its been pushed out
> of
> my memory after all this time. All the extra colums are slowing down our
> programs. any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the info!!! however when i try to do this its giving me an error
"Cannot shift objects off sheet". Any suggestions as to what this means???

"Don Guillett" wrote:

> You cannot "delete" columns. Perhaps they are formatted so you should select
> all of the unwanted columns by putting the cursor on the column label>hold
> the shift key>goto the last to delete>touch the delete key>save.
>
> You may then hide the columns
>
> --
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> [email protected]
> "fraugfreak" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I need to know how to delete unwanted coulums on a worksheet. I remember
> > being taught this in school 10 years ago but i guess its been pushed out
> > of
> > my memory after all this time. All the extra colums are slowing down our
> > programs. any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>

You should only get that if you were trying to insert columns where there
may be something in the last column.
Use ctrl+end to find the last.

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
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"fraugfreak" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the info!!! however when i try to do this its giving me an
> error
> "Cannot shift objects off sheet". Any suggestions as to what this
> means???
>
> "Don Guillett" wrote:
>
>> You cannot "delete" columns. Perhaps they are formatted so you should
>> select
>> all of the unwanted columns by putting the cursor on the column
>> label>hold
>> the shift key>goto the last to delete>touch the delete key>save.
>>
>> You may then hide the columns
>>
>> --
>> Don Guillett
>> SalesAid Software
>> [email protected]
>> "fraugfreak" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >I need to know how to delete unwanted coulums on a worksheet. I
>> >remember
>> > being taught this in school 10 years ago but i guess its been pushed
>> > out
>> > of
>> > my memory after all this time. All the extra colums are slowing down
>> > our
>> > programs. any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>