In the spreadsheet above we want to lock the first two rows, which contain the labels for our columns such as income, expenses and the suppliers that we associate with. Not large files - one is 5Mb, one is 3. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel. Freeze Columns and Rows at the Same Time We have one more trick to show you. It is a business project, about 10 people will use it, some with 2010 version and others with 2013, we don't have Excel 2016 yet. Not much point chasing bugs that might have been fixed years ago.
Freezing only the top row of a workbook Other view options If your workbook contains a lot of content, it can sometimes be difficult to compare different sections. There's nothing in the event viewer log. In our example, we'll select cell C7. Whatever we choose we can still Unfreeze the panes by selecting the command Unfreeze Panes as described above. One way is to select the cell below the row and to the right of the column to freeze. If we scroll to the right in our spreadsheet the A column which contains the dates will always be visible in our spreadsheet as shown in the image below.
The issues start with one or two office programs then eventually all office suite programs will do the same. Freezing locks specific columns or rows in place so that no matter where you scroll they're always visible on the top or side of the sheet. To reverse that, you just have to unfreeze the panes. Quickly insert or delete columns and rows Generally, if you want to insert or delete columns and rows, you position your cursor to the right of the column or just below the row where you want the new column or row inserted columns insert to the left, and rows insert above, the cursor. I need a way to scroll down the rows, but still see the column headings that are contained in the top row.
Move your cursor to one or several cells that contain data you'd like to move, and select those cells. See what happens when you scroll the worksheet to the right. Once the command is selected a grid horizontal and vertical line appears above the selected cell B3 and at the end of column A. No hidden rows, columns or sheets. If possible, could you please double check at the Event Viewer when the issue occurs and see if anything useful would be recorded out there? I need to freeze the first row and also freeze the first column. One file is password protected, but behaves the same in read only mode, or in write mode.
Of course with the command Freeze Panes. The bigger and uglier your Excel spreadsheet gets, the more you need to use certain features or tricks to keep a handle on the data. How can it be done? I do, and am also on Nvidia Quadro graphics hardware. Note: You cannot use the bottom-right cell, which has a tiny green square over the corner. One file runs at about 80,000 k the other at about 50,000 k.
Now, our column showing the months stays on screen as we scroll right. I'm a user for a large company on Win 7 Enterprise, Office 2013 distribution, and this is happening to me too. Then download and install , which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. We install all updates available for Office and Windows patches and updates. The only options in Excel 2013 under the Freeze Pane Tab are 'Freeze Top Row' or 'Freeze Columns'.
Rows 1, 2 and 3? The sheets did not freeze in Excel 2010. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact Still no updates, still need help on this issue. Note that a thick gray line will always show you where the freeze point is. After you freeze panes, as you scroll to the right or bottom, Excel 2013 will essential lock the specific area in the spreadsheet. Resource monitor indicates no excess load on any other system resource. As the issue happens to some office programs randomly, I am afraid this might be quite difficult to troubleshoot. Regards, Emi Zhang TechNet Community Support Please mark the reply as an answer if you find it is helpful.
Notice that Excel inserts a thin line below row 1 and to the right of column B. If it did, please try to unhide these rows and columns. I have an Excel 2013 Worksheet which i want freeze some areas within it. If possible, could you please double check at the Event Viewer when the issue occurs and see if anything useful would be recorded out there? Not everyone but random employees computers will freeze and crash when out of focus, no matter how long the program has been open once it looses focus it, but every instance of this issue everyone's computer does the same thing and no they are not all the same hardware. Excel doesn't crash - it hangs, and after a while it starts working again. Hi Parkescape, Based on your description, it seems that this issue only appear in a particular file which stored in network.
Also, the behavior is the same running the spreadsheets from a local drive or a network drive. So for example on workbook i want to Freeze Row 3 then Cell Range A4:F35. To remove the split, click the Split command again. In this Microsoft Excel training, we cover freezing panes. You can scroll them independently so if you set them side by side, you may be able to keep the information visible that you want while scrolling in the other window into the worksheet. Now when you update the fees in column K, you can see the names of the individuals who owe those fees.
Clicking Arrange All To split a worksheet: Sometimes you may want to compare different sections of the same workbook without creating a new window. Use this feature to work on one section of your spreadsheet while you view another section; or use it to compare side by side two sections of the spreadsheet. Then click on the Freeze Panes option in the popup menu. Also happens on 32 bit Windows 7. To keep column titles and info always into sight we must follow the steps below. Cursor to the cell, cells, column, or row that you want to copy that format to—in this case, currency.