Power vs Manual Shafts

The column I understand is the same, I wanted to know the length of the shaft that runs through it....from the steering wheel to the steering box. I have two columns, one is an automatic column shift that I thought the guy said was manual, and a floor shift column that I thought another guy said was power. I was going to flip the shaft from the column shift column (manual) to the floor shift column so I would end up with a floor shift column with a manual steering shaft in it.....BUT....when I have them both standing next to each other sitting on the floor, they're both the same height.....

SO, I need to know which guy was full of it....

Thanks