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I just tested Split on a spreadsheet, saved it, re-opened it and the Split remained. So both methods I suggest above work properly.
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Thank you both for your help. John, I could not get those to work on the spreadsheet at first, the view just would not save. Until Brian mentioned data saving I had not tried adding data, when I did upon opening the workbook again the data had not saved. I did a repair of the Office installation and now the standard freeze panes (I thought that was what I had used in the past) works as I expected. I have also learned something new as the methods you stated work well John.
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Thanks for the update and I was happy to help.
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Please can someone tell me how to permanently freeze the top couple of rows in an Excel 2013 spreadsheet. I can use freeze panes to achieve the desired view, but, that is lost when I close soon the workbook.
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Please can someone tell me how to permanently freeze the top couple of rows in an Excel 2013 spreadsheet. I can use freeze panes to achieve the desired view, but, that is lost when I close soon the workbook.

How can I permanently freeze rows in Excel 2013

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