Auto-Fit Rows and Columns in Excel in Python

While working on the spreadsheets, you may often need to adjust the rows’ height and columns’ width according to the length of the text. For such cases, MS Excel provides a feature of auto-fitting the size of the cells. However, as a programmer, you may have to enable this feature for the Excel files programmatically. Therefore, in this article, I’ll show you how to auto-fit rows and columns in Excel files in Python.

Python Library for Auto-Fitting Rows and Columns in Excel
Auto-Fit Rows in Excel in Python
Auto-Fit Columns in Excel in Python

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For auto-fitting rows and columns in Excel, we will use Aspose.Cells for Python. The library provides a rich set of features to generate and process spreadsheets. You can install the library using the following pip command.

pip install aspose-cells

Auto-Fit Rows in Excel in Python#

To auto-fit rows, you first need to get the reference of the worksheet and then enable auto-fitting for the desired rows using their index. The following are the steps to auto-fit Excel rows in Python.

First, load the Excel file using Workbook class.
Then, use Workbook.getWorksheets().get(index) method to get reference of the desired worksheet.
Call Worksheet.autoFitRow(rowIndex) method to auto-fit a row using its index.
Finally, save the updated Excel file using Workbook.save() method.

The following code sample shows how to auto-fit an Excel row in Python.

Auto-Fit Columns in Excel in Python#

Similar to rows, you can auto-fit columns using their index. The following are the steps to auto-fit a column in Excel using Python.

First, load the Excel file using Workbook class.
Then, use Workbook.getWorksheets().get(index) method to get reference of the desired worksheet.
Auto-fit column with Worksheet.autoFitColumn(columnIndex) method.
Finally, save the updated Excel file using Workbook.save() method.

The following code sample shows how to auto-fit a column in Excel in Python.

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You can get a free temporary license to auto-fit rows and columns in your Excel files without evaluation limitations.

Conclusion#

In this article, you have learned how to auto-fit rows and columns in Excel files in Python. The code samples have demonstrated how to enable auto-fitting for a specific row or column using its index programmatically.

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