One alternative would be to insert the labels as comments, then they would appear only when you passed the mouse over them. This could be combined with some form of color coding, as Martha suggested, or of abbreviated or numeric labels in the cells . Wilson At 13:12 4/9/2006,James S. Huggins \(mso\) wrote: >What I am trying to do is to find design alternatives for labeling narrow >columns. > >These columns are approximately 2 characters wide. Their column labels are >20-30 characters. > >One alternative is to have the label appear "vertically". I'm wanting to >know if anyone else has any creative alternatives for labeling extremely >narrow columns. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************