Looking for a way to make your Excel spreadsheets read more clearly? Why not try freezing some of the rows and columns. Here’s how.

You can freeze a row in Excel so it's easier to compare data as you scroll through the spreadsheet. You can choose to only freeze the first visible row in your Excel sheet, or freeze multiple rows.

How to combine values into a single cell in .xls Excel files The newer features and functions that I’ll be using later in this article aren’t available in the earlier .xls format.