How to manipulate boxes

[MossbackGus]

How do you make a box or column wider for a certain area while leaving the rest of the column below unchanged?
Thank you in advance.

 

[My Aswer Is This]

That's not possible.
All cells in the same column are always the same width the same is also true with rows.
All cells in the same row are the same height.

 

[MossbackGus]

Thanks for the quick reply, I appreciate it.
I must not be explaining well, I have seen cells taller and wider than cells below it.

That's not possible.
All cells in the same column are always the same width the same is also true with rows.
All cells in the same row are the same height.

 

[mikerickson]

You may have seen a cell that is taller than the one below it or perhaps you've seen two cells next to each other that were either merged or Center Across Selection 'ed above two individual cells.

 

[MossbackGus]

That may be exactly what I saw, I just didn't know i was seeing it!
How do I merge cells and what not?
Thanks for your reply.

You may have seen a cell that is taller than the one below it or perhaps you've seen two cells next to each other that were either merged or Center Across Selection 'ed above two individual cells.

 

[mikerickson]

Select the cells you want to join, right click and select Format Cells from the pop-up menu. The Alignment tab will give you options.

Do not use Merge Cells. It will cause unbelievable headaches down the line. Instead, from the Horizontal drop down, choose Center Across Selection.