How to keep part of a spreadsheet always visible during navigation

Use the Freeze Pane function, as illustrated here.

Excel has a nice feature called Freeze Panes that can solve such a problem. This feature allows you to keep information from scrolling off the screen when moving through a spreadsheet. As a matter of habit, I always freeze the second row.

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To freeze columns and rows in Excel,

1. From the View menu, verify you're using Normal.
2. Click the row number just below the area you'd like to freeze. The whole row should highlight.
3. Click the cell on that highlighted row to the right of the columns you would like to freeze.
4. From the Window menu, select Freeze Panes.

You can also Unfreeze Panes using the dropdown box on the Freeze Panes button.