Pardon the Dumb Question: How do I "freeze" the top row--for viewing, not printing--in Excel 2008 (v 12.5)?

hiseema

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I can't believe I have to post this to a forum to learn how to do this, I feel like such an idiot! But after hours of searching for the right answer, I feel like I have no choice. In advance, sorry for the dumb question and thank you!

How do I simply "freeze" the entire top row (which is comprised of my various column headings: 'name, address, phone,' etc. - i have about 20 different columns' worth of data), so that I can scroll through the entire 700-row document, work on various "entries," and still SEE the top row as a "frozen header?"
 

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I'll assume you're using 2007 or 2010. From the View tab, press the 'Freeze panes' icon (about half way across the ribbon) and then select Freeze top row.
 
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njimack: as i mentioned in the question, i'm using excel 2008 (part of the ms office 2008 suite). unfortunately, there is no "freeze" command in any of the toolbars. so frustrating!

andrew: unfortunately, it isn't at all the same as windows' version of excel. again, so frustrating.

other thoughts? anybody out there actually have/work with excel 2008? it is near-impossible to find a "freeze" command anywhere!
 
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I'm not in front of a Mac now, but I'm pretty sure the instructions are exactly what Andrew said in 2008 (note you need to be in Normal view, not Page Layout view).
 
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Andrew & rorya: you two were both right, thank you! I'm not sure where I went wrong but, I did. Just tried what you said though and, it WORKED.
 
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