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This weeks release, kicks off our Excel Series.

Microsoft Excel: using Freeze Panes to always see the headings when scrolling through your Excel work.

If you’re frequently scrolling in Excel to keep track of column or row headers, there’s a convenient feature called “Freeze Panes” that can save you time. By activating this feature, you can navigate through your spreadsheet while the headers stay fixed on the screen, simplifying the task of matching data to the correct headers.

Here’s how you can do it:

To freeze panes in Excel, follow these steps:

  1. Freeze the top row:

    • Go to the View tab.
    • Click on Freeze Panes.
    • Select Freeze Top Row.
  2. Freeze the first column:

    • Go to the View tab.
    • Click on Freeze Panes.
    • Choose Freeze First Column.
  3. Freeze multiple rows or columns:

    • Select the cell below the rows and to the right of the columns you want to keep visible.
    • Go to the View tab.
    • Click on Freeze Panes.
    • Select Freeze Panes again.
 
To unfreeze, you can go to the View tab, then Window, and select Unfreeze Panes1.
 
For a visual guide, see our video to the right.

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