How do I delete extraneous EXCEL columns?

[Robert Judge]

I have an EXCEL 2003 worksheet with data in columns A-D. However, there are
four other columns in the worksheet with no data, E, F, G, and H.

When I try to delete or hide columns E-H, EXCEL just makes four new blank
columns, I, J, K, and L.

How do I delete the extra blank columns so that only the four columns that
contain data will appear?

 

[AnitaG]

You could use the Page Break Preview and then only the columns with data will
show.

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Select all the columns from E on and right-click a selected column letter and
choose Hide.

Excel always has 256 columns, all you can do is not display them.