By any chance if you have applied any of the freeze tools and then you navigate to Views -> Freeze Panes you will see that the first option in the list has changed and it allows you to Unfreeze Panes. If you have privileges to freeze rows and columns then you should also be able to unfreeze them. Compare it with others for better understanding. The image shows how the result would function. Then navigate to Views -> Freeze Panes and click on Freeze Panes. Say for example, you want to render the first two rows and first two columns using this option, then you will have to select the cell counting the third row and third column. There is a little process to follow in order to make this work. This option is pretty interesting and it caters to needs of making multiple rows and columns non-scrollable. Again have a look the image below and compare with previous images. Choosing this option will always keep the first column intact. But when we do, it becomes important to acquire similar property for the entire column. Not always do we have headers for rows viz. Compare the image below with that shown at the top of the article take note of the scroll positions. This means that when you move the vertical bar downwards all but the top row will scroll with the scrolling bar. When you select this option the top row of your Excel sheet obtains the non-scrollable property. Navigate to View tab and highlight on Freeze Panes tool. MS Excel provides a diligent tool that lets you freeze the panes of your document such they do not scroll and remain on the viewable area at any time. Then what is the significance of headers if you cannot have them throughout? Well, you can and that’s what we are going to tell you today.īut before we move on let us have a look at my example set of data (left image) and how the headers hide out when I scroll my sheet (right image). If you notice closely you will see that the headers scroll away as you scroll the document (down or left). However, there is one flaw with doing just this much. Is that we (and the people we share our sheet with) may easily understand the data matrix and the data within it. The sample excel sheet below explains the entire procedure in the picture form.We usually give a name to every column and sometimes, to rows too. This option will freeze or rather lock the two columns in a way that they will always remain visible even after scrolling down. Click on freeze panes to reveal the list of options, select the first option which is freeze panes. Note to freeze two columns you need to select the third column.Īfter you are done with the selection, go to the menu bar, and select on view.
In this case, we are going to select two columns because they are the ones we are interested in at the moment. The second step is to select the columns you wish to lock. If you do not have the data set to work on, open a blank excel sheet from Microsoft Excel on your laptop and insert some columns with data in them as in the case below.
To do freezing is not a hard thing do, with the help of the following steps, you can freeze your work that is rows and columns at your convenient pace.įirst of all, you will need to have the data set in an excel sheet that you would like to freeze the columns. This function helps the user keep a track of important data because it will always appear visible on the screen. When data is on freeze function, it is made all visible throughout the entire sheet even when you scroll to the bottom cell of your data. We do freezing with the help of the freezing tool located under the view menu on the menu bar. Excel sheets provide its users with the function or the tool to freeze rows, columns, cells, and panesįreezing is the general activity of locking columns and rows in a given excel sheet so that when you happen to scroll top to down your rows or columns remain visible. In excel sheets we freeze columns, rows, or cells to make them visible all through the entire excel sheet even when we scroll from top to bottom.
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