In Excel, there are three tiny utilities in the Freeze Panes function: Freeze panes, Freeze top row and Freeze first column. You can choose one as you need to lock the cells. If you want to lock more than one column or row, you can use this utility.
This of course begs the query “How do I freeze a row when scrolling in Excel?”
One article stated that [Solution] Excel Freeze Rows 1 Select the cell below the rows and to the right of the columns you want to keep visible when you scroll.
How to lock the first two columns while scrolling to right?
For example, if you want to lock the first two columns and keep them always visible, you just need to select the adjacent column (the third one), and then click View > Freeze Panes > Freeze Panes. Now the first two columns are always visible while scrolling to right.
How to lock cells in Excel to prevent editing?
You can lock cells in Excel if you want to protect cells from being edited. By default, all cells are locked. However, locking cells has no effect until you protect the worksheet. Select all cells. Right click, and then click Format Cells (or press CTRL + 1).
Select the formula cell, click on one of the cell reference in the Formula Bar, and press the F4 key. Then the selected cell reference is locked. Go ahead to lock the other cell references of current formula with the same step above. Drag or copy formula and lock the cell value with Kutools for Excel.
How do I lock a cell in a formula in excel?
How to Lock a Formula in Excel
Select the formula cell (or a range of formula cells) which you need to lock the value, then click Kutools > More > In the Convert Formula References dialog box, select the To absolute option and then click the OK button.
Use the keyboard shortcut Control + 1 (hold the Control key and then press 1). This will open the format cells dialog box. In the format cells dialog box, select the Protection tab. Uncheck the ‘Locked’ option.
How to highlight and lock all cells with formulas in Excel?
Click Kutools Plus > Worksheet Design to enable the Design group. See screenshot: 2. Then click Highlight Formulas to highlight all formula cells. See screenshot: 3.. Select all the highlighted cells and click Selection Lock to lock the formulas.
You may be asking “How to lock formulas in Excel Office 365?”
We should dig in! Step 1: Select the cell with formulas that you want to lock & Press Ctrl + 1 Step 2: In the format cells dialog box, select the protection tab.
How to lock all cells in AutoCAD?
Select all cells. Right click, and then click Format Cells (or press CTRL + 1). On the Protection tab, you can verify that all cells are locked by default. Protect the sheet.