Freeze Rows

[Clare]

Does anyone know if you can freeze rows in a table in Word. I believe this can be done in other MS programs and I've done it with columns before, but I can't figure it out or find it for rows in Word. I know you can SPLIT rows, but that is not what I need to do. Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Explain what you mean by freezing. There is nothing in Word that is like
Excel's Freeze Panes command, but there are some other features that might
be what you mean:

1. You can mark a row or rows at the top of a table (they must be at the top
and contiguous) as heading rows, and they will repeat on every page.

2. You can set a row to an exact height.

3. You can prevent data entry in a row by protecting the document for forms;
you'd need to insert form fields where you do want to permit data entry,
however.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Does anyone know if you can freeze rows in a table in Word. I believe

this can be done in other MS programs and I've done it with columns before,
but I can't figure it out or find it for rows in Word. I know you can SPLIT
rows, but that is not what I need to do. Thanks.

 

[Clare]

By freezing a row, I mean keep it in sight all the time as I am scrolling down the page. I know this can be done in Excel (or maybe it's access???) but I've used it in those programs only for columns (keeping the first column in sight at all times as I scroll to opposite side of the page. Anyway, I need to keep the top row in my table in sight at all times while I am imputing data because I have a lot of fields, and I keep inputing the data in the wrong field, hence, needing to keep my eye on the top row. Thanks!

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Clare,
Try Window>Split and click in the second row of your table.
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia

Anne & Pat Garard.
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
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[Clare]

Thank you.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That would be Freeze Panes in Excel. Luckily Clare was able to tell you a
way to accomplish this in Word (that I hadn't even thought of).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

By freezing a row, I mean keep it in sight all the time as I am scrolling

down the page. I know this can be done in Excel (or maybe it's access???)
but I've used it in those programs only for columns (keeping the first
column in sight at all times as I scroll to opposite side of the page.
Anyway, I need to keep the top row in my table in sight at all times while I
am imputing data because I have a lot of fields, and I keep inputing the
data in the wrong field, hence, needing to keep my eye on the top row.
Thanks!

 

[Pat Garard]

Clare - you are MOST welcome!!
While we have your interest:
In Word, look carefully at the Scroll Bar on the Right of the
Window.
Just ABOVE the Scroll Bar, and just BENEATH the Ruler
there is a small Grey 'Wedge' (when you point to it you
get a vertical re-size symbol) - Drag it Down OR
Double-click it!!
Now point to the (vertical) centre of the 'Split Header Bar' and
see (again) a vertical re-size symbol - Drag it to the top of
the Document OR double-click it.
You are now an MVP in 'Window>Split' !!
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia

Anne & Pat Garard.
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
_______________________________________________

 

[Pat Garard]

Suzanne !!
Last week YOU were Mentor (NORMAL.DOT)
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia

Anne & Pat Garard.
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
_______________________________________________