# FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView.GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth

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<h1 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_SheetView_GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView.GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth*">GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth Method
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<h4 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_SheetView_GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth_System_Drawing_Graphics_System_Int32_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView.GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth(System.Drawing.Graphics,System.Int32)">GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth(Graphics, int)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the width of the widest cell (based on text content) in the specified column
on this sheet for printing to the specified graphics device.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public float GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth(Graphics g, int column)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function GetPreferredPrintColumnWidth(g As Graphics, column As Integer) As Single</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Type</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.graphics">Graphics</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">g</span></td>
      <td><p>Graphics device interface</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">column</span></td>
      <td><p>Column index</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.single">float</a></td>
      <td><p>The minimum width necessary to printing all the text within the specified column</p>
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