Freeze Panes in Excel: How to keep those important rows and columns in view
If you've ever worked with a large 'table' (the pseudo kind) in Excel, you might have felt a sense of frustration.
Why?
Among many reasons, It's easy to lose track of where you are, as column headers and important row values disappear out of view.
To combat this, there's a feature that allows you to lock rows and columns in place so they are viewable, even if you scroll away from them.
It's called Freeze Panes, and it's found on the View tab.
There are three options in the dropdown: Freeze Panes, Freeze Top Row, and Freeze First Column.
The last two are very straightforward. Freeze Top Row keeps row 1 visible, whereas Freeze First Column does the same for column A.
However, it's not possible to turn both on, and they only cover a single row or column. This limits their use.
There's a more flexible option. Select the row or column after the one(s) you want to remain visible and click Freeze Panes to ensure they stay put.
That solves the multiple rows and columns problem, but you still can't have both simultaneously.
The solution is to select the cell where the row(s) and column(s) before are intended to be frozen. Then click Freeze Panes to lock both in.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀
There is already a built-in feature that converts column letters into table headers when they disappear out of view as you scroll down. This saves needing to use Freeze Panes for the top row.
𝗔 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
Excel for the web now allows you to freeze panes without using the ribbon.
Hover over the bottom of the Select All box in the top left of the worksheet until you see the hand cursor.
Click and drag the blue line down by however many rows you want to fix.
For columns, hover over the right part of the box and drag the line according to the number of columns you want to freeze.
This is a much easier way to freeze panes, so let's hope it finds its way to the desktop version before long!
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