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Freeze Panes in Excel 2003

By Ted French, About.com

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Freeze the Panes

Lock Columns and Rows in Excel with Freeze Panes

Lock Columns and Rows in Excel with Freeze Panes

© Ted French

Freeze the Panes in Excel

Now for the easy part:

  1. Click on cell D4
  2. Choose Window > Freeze Panes from the menu

A vertical black line will appear between columns C and D and a horizontal line between rows 3 and 4.

Rows 1 to 3 and columns A to C are the frozen areas of the screen.

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