If you freeze the pane, you can scroll right or down and keep the row/column
headers visible so you know what you're looking at. To demonstrate, enter
the months Jan...Dec in A2:A13 and the days of the month, 1...31 in B1:AF31.
Now suppose I ask you to enter the number 5 on November 28th. It's hard to
tell what cell that is; as you scroll to the column labeled 28, the month
labels scroll off the visible window.
Now go back to cell B2. Select it, then Window Freeze Panes. Now go to
November 28th; it's easy because the headers are frozen.
FYI, the printout equivalent to freezing panes is available under File
Page Setup, on the Sheet tab you select 'Rows to Repeat at Top' or 'Columns
to Repeat at Left'.

"muerkilla" wrote:

Explain the term Frozen Panes