Freeze panes is one of the very few palces in the workd where, yes you do
need to select the cell. Also make sure you remove the freeze panes prior to
trying to apply it otherwise you can run into an error.

Another place you need to actually select the cell is on conditional
formatting...
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Russ" wrote:

Is it possible to freezepanes without having to first select the cell where
you want the freeze to take place?
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russ