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Stop First Row Being Numbered in Excel
Based on my experience and everything I've ever read, there is no way to change excel's row/column labels via excel's menu or vba, which is what it appears you are asking.
You can hide or unhide the row/column labels, and while you might be able to use a formula to visually replicate row/column label(s), either the custom row or column label won't agree to the actual cell references in your existing formulas, which comes back to Peter's comment regarding it would work better in a structured named environment.
You could do this (replicating excel's column letters), for example, but your data table row 1 will actually be Excel's row 3 (still mismatched, but it wouldn't be as obvious).
Seriously, I don't see any available options that I think you will like based on what you've said thus far.
The problem is that in my 2023 version of excel (in the Office suite), I do not have that option. See Attached:
Clearly, there is no option. All I wish to do is have label bars without numberation. Any ideas?
Your screenshot cuts off below Close. Options should be near the bottom of the Excel window.