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RHA1705
Copper Contributor
Apr 18, 2021

Excel Web App - freeze BOTH first row and first column AT THE SAME TIME

RE:  MS Excel WEB APP 

 

Can someone tell me the secret to freezing at the same time, together, simultaneously the first row and first column in an MS Excel Web App spreadsheet.

 

At this time I can only lock one at a time.

 

I find it hard to believe that you cannot lock both (rows and columns)  at the same time on Excel Web App version.  Does this mean that no one builds large spreadsheet +50 rows long and +20 columns wide?

 

I am getting a run around from Microsoft to get an answer to a simple and reasonable setting.

 

 

 

 

15 Replies

  • fabulous9's avatar
    fabulous9
    Copper Contributor

    RHA1705 

    Riny_van_Eekelen provided a good solution to freeze both first row and first column in Excel online.

    Bravo to Riny_van_Eekelen.

     

    To help other users learning how to freeze rows / and columns, here is a blog post illustrating the detailed steps in Excel online.

    https://dashz.substack.com/p/excel-online-freeze-row-and-column 

     

     

  • Riny_van_Eekelen's avatar
    Riny_van_Eekelen
    Platinum Contributor

    RHA1705 To freeze both the first row and first column, select cell B2. On the view tab, select "Freeze Panes".

    This freezes the rows above and columns towards the left from the active cell. 

    • alonsogc's avatar
      alonsogc
      Copper Contributor

      This is so unbelievably, ridiculously un-intuitive...

    • CSWowza's avatar
      CSWowza
      Copper Contributor
      This solution is no longer accurate. the Freeze Panes menu has changed. Any idea how to do it in the "new and improved" excel web app?

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