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Spread sheets

Is there a way to freeze the top lines of a large spreadsheet, more than a single printing pane?

RE: spread sheets

Hello Dee
Thank you for your question

If you highlight the cell below the row and to the right of the collumn you want to freeze. Then go to the window menu and select freeze Panes or Split columns

If this resolves your question, please mark it as resolved. If not, please reply with more information.

Kind regards
Cress

RE: spread sheets

I understand about freezing columns on the right side, but I have a very large spreadsheet with about 20 columns and I want to freeze the top row (column headings) so that I can always make sure I am entering the correct numbers under each column. If I could have the data scroll under the column headings, that would be fantastic. It works for a single pane, but I can't get it to work all the way across all my columns.

Any help?

Cheers,

Dee

RE: spread sheets

Hello

Open the spreadsheet and look just above the right hand scroll bar. There is a little box with an arrow. Just above that is a small rectangle. Click on it and hold. Drag it to just under the first row of the spreadsheet and release. This should freeze the whole first row. You will need to click out of the first row and onto the rest of the sheet before scrolling down the rest of the data as this first row can still be scrolled. I have attached a screen shot to show you where I mean.

If this resolves your question, please mark it as resolved. If not, please reply with more information.

Kind regards
Cress

Attached files...

first column freeze.bmp

RE: spread sheets

That works great! Thanks!

Dee


 

Excel tip:

Colouring cells containing formulas

Cells in a worksheet can contain values or they can contain formulas. You may wish to identify all the cells in your worksheet that contain formulas by colouring those cells.

Follow these steps:
1. Choose Edit > Go To menu, or press either F5 or Ctrl+G. Excel displays the Go To dialog box.
2. Click Special. Excel displays the Go To Special dialog box.
3. Select the Formulas radio button option.
4. Select OK.

At this point, every formula cell in the worksheet is selected, and those cells can be coloured formatted as desired.

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