Why Excel Freeze Panes Settings Disappear Prevent Problem

Did you ever set up your Excel workbook exactly the way you want it, with headings in a freeze pane at the top, and hidden gridlines, and other settings? And then one day, all of those settings disappeared? Why did that happen, and how can you prevent that from happening again?

Excel Freeze Panes Settings

In a large worksheet, I usually freeze the top few rows, and sometimes the columns at the left.

That makes it easier to keep track of things, while I’m scrolling across a wide worksheet, or down a long list.

The descriptions at the left and at the top are always visible.

Occasionally though, those freeze panes used to disappear, and I finally figured out what was causing that problem.

Video: Excel Freeze Panes Settings Disappear

To see the steps for setting and preserving your Excel window settings, watch this short video tutorial.

This technique will keep your freeze panes in place, instead of disappearing!

Get the Sample File

To get the sample Excel file, go to the Freeze Excel Rows and Columns page on my Contextures site.

The zipped files is in Excel xlsx format, and there are no macros in the workbook.

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Excel Freeze Panes Settings Disappear

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