CONCEPT OF FREEZING OF CELLS

 In excel Freezing of cells is done when we have to deal with large amount of data, so that we don’t have to scroll up and down again and again.

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Suppose this is the given data

1. Now if I refer to cell B3 (this can be done by using “=” sign and then referring to desired cell.

2. If I drag the cell B3 in any direction (right, left, up, down) its value will change as shown below.

• Concept of freezing
• When we need to freeze both rows and columns we write

This Dollar sign With B and 3 indicates freezing of rows and

Columns. Here B is the column & 3 is the row number. Now when I drag cell right the value is not changing & when I drag it down, still it remains same.

(ii)If you freeze only the rows i.e.

In this case the columns will change & rows will remain same.

(iii)If you freeze only the columns i.e.

In this case the column will remain same

and rows change.