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Use “Normal” view, not “Page Layout” and Freeze Panes will work fine.

If you find yourself asking “How do I freeze panes in Excel 2008 for the Mac?” and can’t freeze panes because the option is gray / greyed-out, ghosted, or whatever you call it, here’s your answer:

(The above forum thread has the answer at the bottom-as the last post.) This answer was found on the following help forum thread: “ Excel Freeze Panes ghosted – Why?” which taught me an invaluable lesson about forum diving:įorum Help Tip #1: Scrolling to the bottom of a help forum may save you some time, though I may have learned more by reading the whole thing. I like the “ Page Layout” view because it gives you the feeling of holding ordinary paper, and gives you the view of what your printed Excel sheets will look like, but because freezing panes does not affect printing, it cannot thus affect how “Page Layout” view will look. The reason would be that you’re in the Page View mode, rather than the Normal View mode-which can be selected from the “View Menu.” You might have a problem using this option, if you’re working in Mac’s Excel 2008. (This is from a list of Excel tutorials-which did seem to pose some problems for a few people accessing it.) One thing that you may have learned to do (in older Excel versions) is keep data relevant by maintaining the visibility of row-header (left column) and column-header (top-row) title information by using the Excel option freeze panes from the window menu.

Okay-so if you’re using the spiffy new Excel 2008 for Mac-you may have had the chance to learn some new things over and against the older versions. I’m sure the tip in this article for Excel 2008 for the Mac will apply to other versions as well. I love Excel 2008 and its other versions, though I always am aware of ways that things can be improved. We all love the ability to organize data, in spreadsheets.