#Repeat table headers in excel 2016 how to#
#Repeat table headers in excel 2016 free#

You go to the print preview and find out that only the first page has the column titles at the top. Your Excel document turns out to be long and you need to print it.

#Repeat table headers in excel 2016 free#

If you are sick and tired of turning the printouts back and forth to see what kind of data is in each column or row, feel free to find out the solution to the issue in this article. However, when I print the document, the top row is printed only on the first page. I can easily scroll up and down through the document without losing sight of the column titles because I have the header row frozen. If you often have to print large and complex Excel worksheets, I am sure that you face this problem as often as I do.

#Repeat table headers in excel 2016 how to#

In this article you'll learn how to make header rows and column headers print on each page. You won't lose your way in the printouts if there are row and column titles on each page.Today I'd like to tell you about a small but important feature tucked away in Excel 2016 and its previous versions. Having header rows and columns printed on every page allows you to understand the information in the document more easily. The Print Titles command can really simplify your life.

Open the Print Preview pane ( FILE -> Print or Ctrl+F2) to check the changes.

It also makes the row and column headings visible on every printed page. Note: In case you still have the Page Setup window opened on the Sheet tab, just check the Row and column headings box in the Print section.

Go to the Sheet Options group on the PAGE LAYOUT tab.

Open the worksheet that you want to print with the row and column headings.

If you want to see these letters and numbers on your printouts, do the following: As opposed to row and column titles that are printed only on the first page by default, the headings are not printed at all. These letters and numbers are called row and column headings. Print row numbers and column lettersД®xcel normally refers to worksheet columns as letters (A, B, C) and to rows as numbers (1, 2, 3). Now you don't have to turn the pages back and forth to find what the values in each row mean.

Press the Print Preview button in the Page Setup dialog box to look at your document before printing.

Click Enter or the Collapse Dialog button again to check if the selected range is displayed in the Columns to repeat at left field.

Pick a column or columns that you want to see on every printed page.

Click the Collapse Dialog button to the right of the Columns to repeat at left box.

Go through steps 2-4 as described in Repeat Excel header rows on every page.

Open the worksheet that you want to print.

If you want to make your document more readable, follow the steps below to print the column with row titles on the left side of every page. When your worksheet is too wide, you'll have the header column on the left only on the first printed page.

There you go! Now you know exactly what the columns mean on every page.

Click on Print Preview to see the result.

For example, if you want to see the first row on every printed page, the reference should look like this: $1:$1. However, pay attention to the way you enter it - you need to use the absolute reference (with the dollar sign $). Note: You can skip steps 6-8 and enter the range using the keyboard.

Select a row or several rows that you want to print on every page.

It helps to choose an entire row with one click. You can notice that the cursor changes to the black arrow. The Page Setup dialog window is minimized and you get back to the worksheet.

Click the Collapse Dialog icon next to ' Rows to repeat at top' field.

Find Rows to repeat at top in the Print titles section.

Make sure that you're on the Sheet tab of the Page Setup dialog box.

Click on Print Titles in the Page Setup group.

Open the worksheet that you're going to print.Take it easy! You can specify the Page Setup settings to repeat the top row on every printed page. Today I'd like to tell you about a small but important feature tucked away in Excel 2016 and its previous versions.