A few tricks to take you beyond the basics of Microsoft Office 2007

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A few tricks to take you beyond the basics of Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Excel 2007: Freeze worksheet headings for scrolling.

GCPS Tech Tips

When you have data on a worksheet that runs

longer than your screen, you may find

yourself wasting a lot of time scrolling back to the top to see which

column is which.

EXCEL 2007: Freeze headings for scrolling.

You can save time by freezing the row of column headings at

the top of your screen...


or freezing the column of row

headings at the left of your

screen.


If you want to freeze headings at the top of the spreadsheet, go to the top of your screen

and click on the “View” tab.


Within the Window box, click on “Freeze Panes.”



Select “Freeze Top Row.”


Excel adds a solid, dark line to set off the frozen headings.

After that... when you scroll down, the row at the top will always

show the names of each column.


To unfreeze the headings, click on the “View” tab, select “Freeze Panes” …


… and then click on “Unfreeze Panes”.


If you want to freeze two of your columns and keep the row headers, start by selecting a cell to the

right of the column you want to freeze and below the row header you want to freeze.


Then, within the “View” tab, click on “Freeze Pane.”


Click “Freeze Panes”.


And Excel sets off the first two frozen columns and the header rows with solid,

dark lines.


The frozen rows or columns will show on your screen but not on your printouts.


However... if you want row headings to appear

on every page of your printout, start by selecting the cells you want on each page.


Then, click on the “Page Layout” tabat the top of your screen...


Within the “Page Setup” window, click on “Print Titles.”


which will open the “Page Setup” dialog box

with its four tabs at the top.


You will see that Excel has already entered

the cell range you want to repeat...


Click “OK” at the bottom of the dialog box...


and your column headings will repeat at the top of each page you print.


That’s all there is to it. Now, if you would like a copy of the step-by-step directions for freezing the headings on Excel 2007 worksheets, just

print this last page. Have fun freezing!Step-by-Step:To freeze the top row:- Select the “View” tab.- Click “Freeze Panes”- Click “Freeze Top Row”

To freeze the first column:- Select the “View” tab.- Click “Freeze Panes”- Click “Freeze First Column”

To freeze a number of rows or columns:- Select a cell to the right of the column you want

frozen and below the row you want frozen.- Select the “View” tab.- Click “Freeze Panes”- Click “Freeze First Column”

To unfreeze:- Select the “View” tab- Click “Freeze Panes”- Click “Unfreeze Panes”

To see headings on all printed pages:- Select the cells you want on every page.- Click “Page Layout”- Click “Print Titles”- Your range will appear in the “Page Setup”- Click “OK”


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A few tricks to take you beyond the basics of Microsoft Office 2007