Microsoft Excel
FREEZING ROWS AND COLUMNS
When you lay out your data in rows and columns, scroll across or down to particular cells, the
it is most likely that your headings end up at the headings scroll out of view. This problem can be
top or to the left of your data. If you have a large resolved by freezing the rows and/or columns that
amount of data, you may find that when you hold the headings.
Try This Yourself:
Continue using the previous file
Same
with this exercise, or open the file
File
E1324 Worksheet
Techniques_11.xlsx...
Click on the Maintenance
worksheet tab, then spend a few
moments examining the worksheet
Depending on your screen, it is
possible that you won’t be able to 3
see all of the figures on the screen
at once...
Click in cell B6 to select the cell
Click on the VIEW tab, click on
Freeze Panes in the Window
group, then select Freeze Panes
Thin black lines appear above and
to the left of the selected cell. This
indicates that the areas above and
to the left are frozen...
Scroll to the right until Yearly
Average in column L appears next
to column A
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Scroll down until Overheads in row
25 is below row 5
Press + to move to cell
B6 – this is our temporary home
cell, as the cells above and to the
left are frozen
On the VIEW tab, click on Freeze
Panes in the Freeze Panes group,
then click on Unfreeze Panes to
unfreeze the rows and columns
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For Your Reference… Handy to Know…
To freeze panes in a worksheet: If you want to freeze only the rows above the
1. Click in the cell below and to the right of the selected cell (leaving all columns unfrozen),
area you want to freeze/unfreeze select the cell in column A of that row – e.g.
to freeze rows 1 to 6, click in cell A7. The
2. Click on the VIEW tab
same applies to freezing only columns and
3. Click on Freeze Panes in the Window leaving the rows unfrozen: select the cell in
group, then select Freeze Panes row 1.
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