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This wikiHow will show you how to freeze panes in Excel to show horizontal and vertical rows and columns at the same time. When you freeze a column or a row, it will stay visible when you're scrolling through that worksheet.
Things You Should Know
- To start, you need to select a cell to the right of the column and below the row you want to freeze.
- You can freeze panes by going to the View tab on the ribbon and selecting the Freeze Panes button.
- This method works on Excel for Office 365, Excel for the web, Excel 2019, Excel 2016, Excel 2013, Excel 2010, Excel 2007 for Windows and Mac.
Steps
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Open your project in Excel. You can either open the program within Excel by clicking File > Open, or you can right-click the file in your file explorer.- This will work for Windows and Macs using Excel for Office 365, Excel for the web, Excel 2019, Excel 2016, Excel 2013, Excel 2010, Excel 2007.[1]
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Select a cell to the right of the column and below the row you want to freeze. The frozen columns will remain visible when you scroll through the worksheet.Advertisement -
Click View. You'll see this either in the editing ribbon above the document space or at the top of your screen. -
Click Freeze Panes. A menu will dropdown.[2] -
Click Freeze Panes. This will freeze the panes in the columns next to what you have selected.[3]- Unfreeze columns by going to View > Freeze Panes > Unfreeze Panes.
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References
- ↑ https://support.office.com/en-us/article/freeze-panes-to-lock-the-first-row-or-column-in-excel-for-mac-b8eb717e-9d3e-4354-8c02-d779a4b404b2
- ↑ https://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/faq?faqid=760
- ↑ https://support.office.com/en-us/article/freeze-panes-to-lock-rows-and-columns-dab2ffc9-020d-4026-8121-67dd25f2508f
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1. Open your project in Excel.
2. Select a cell to the right of the column and below the row you want to freeze.
3. Click View.
4. Click Freeze Panes.
5. Click Freeze Panes.
