How to Freeze Rows and Columns in Excel
Freezing certain rows and columns can help you reference key values while working on other parts of your Excel spreadsheet. Let’s look at how to do that.
This feature works best for title rows or columns containing identifying information of their respective fields. That way, you can scroll down the worksheet and still keep track of what every value represents. This is an essential function you should master alongside the otherExcel basicsto be able to properly navigate the interface.
The Steps to Freeze Multiple Rows and Columns in Excel
To unlock these rows or columns just open Freeze Panes again and selectUnfreeze panes.This unfreezes all rows and columns frozen through any of the options.
Related:Check out our other guide if you need tohide rows or columns in Excelinstead of freezing them.
What’s the Best Way to Freeze Multiple Rows and Columns in Excel?
Just as you canmerge rowsorinsert new rows, you can also freeze rows and columns. The Freeze Panes menu in the View tab contains all the options for doing so.
The Up to Row and the Up to Column options can freeze rows or columns up to the selection, including it as well. Meanwhile, the Freeze at selection option does not include the selection, only freezing the rows and columns before it.
Both methods are equally good at accomplishing the task, and you can pick any of them to freeze as many rows and columns as you need to.
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