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    <title id="tit">Freezing Rows or Columns as Headers</title>
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<h1 id="hd_id3154684"><variable id="line_fix"><link href="text/scalc/guide/line_fix.xhp">Freezing Rows or Columns as Headers</link> </variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3148576" role="paragraph">If you have long rows or columns of data that extend beyond the viewable area of the sheet, you can freeze some rows or columns, which allows you to see the frozen columns or rows as you scroll through the rest of the data.</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3156441" role="listitem">Select the row below, or the column to the right of the row or column that you want to be in the frozen region. All rows above, or all columns to the left of the selection are frozen.</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="par_id3153158" role="listitem">To freeze both horizontally and vertically, select the <emph>cell</emph> that is below the row and to the right of the column that you want to freeze.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3156286" role="listitem">Choose <item type="menuitem">View - Freeze Rows and Columns</item>.</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="par_id3151073" role="listitem">To deactivate, choose <item type="menuitem">View - Freeze Rows and Columns</item> again.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3155335" role="note">If the area defined is to be scrollable, apply the <item type="menuitem">View - Split Window</item> command. Split and Freeze cannot be used at the same time.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147345" role="note">If you want to print a certain row on all pages of a document, choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Print ranges - Edit</item>.</paragraph>

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<paragraph id="par_id3147004" role="paragraph"><link href="text/scalc/01/07090000.xhp">View - Freeze Rows and Columns</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150088" role="paragraph"><link href="text/scalc/01/07080000.xhp">View - Split Window</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150304" role="paragraph"><link href="text/scalc/01/05080300.xhp">Format - Print ranges - Edit</link></paragraph>
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