How do I Shorten a Column Title in a List

Hello, I have a form that I am creating using a Custom List in SharePoint 2013 and 2 of the questions are quite long and it makes for a sloppy view on the page. Is there a way to shorten the questions length shown in the view? I am using
SP2013 on-prem with O365.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Joanie

You could use the "Customize Form" option in the list ribbon to build a custom form in Infopath.
Or you can customize the form using SP designer. Here is a quick intro to that.

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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/create-list-relationships-by-using-unique-and-lookup-columns-HA101729901.aspx
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/lookup-columns-in-sharepoint-2010.html
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