Open an Excel workbook on your PC. Press the Alt + F11 (or Option + F11 for Mac) keys to open VBA. Alternatively, you can head to the Developer tab and select Visual Basic.

VBA sub procedures can perform lots of tasks and there are many ways to execute those functions in Microsoft Excel.

Step 1: Open VBA Locate the sheet whose columns you want to adjust automatically, and right-click the sheet tab at the bottom of the Excel window. Then, click "View Code." ...

The default active cell format in Microsoft Excel isn't all that easy to see, but you can use this easy-to-implement code solution to change that.