 To enter a word or a number into a cell, click on the cell that you're entered in. I'm going to click on A1, and I'm going to enter the word classification. See, classification, and after I click away, I can see that the column isn't wide enough to show all of my word. So the way to correct that is to bring up your cursor until you get the double headed arrow, and then just double click, and Excel will automatically widen the column enough to contain that word. On a related matter, if you see a cell that has the pound signs in it, that usually means that there's a number under there, and there's not enough space in the column to show the number. Do the same thing again. Select the column, move your cursor, and you get the double sided arrow, insertion arrow, double left click again, and it will expand, show that number, and get rid of the pound signs.