I am using Excel 2003 Sp 3 and Windows XP.

I have a column Named Year Revised in which I place the year of
revision for the item described on the row. This column has a format
of General. The data in this column will either be blank or contain a
year as yyyy. Many times when entering data on a new row I select the
cells in the previous that have the same values and drag them down to
insert in my row. My problem is that the data in the year revised cell
will be incremented by 1. How do I prevent this?

A second question concerns header rows. How do I fix row 2, which has
my column headings, so that it is at the top of my screen always? I
need this so I know what the contents of the various columns are.

Thanks for any and all help.

Right-click and drag. Release button and "Copy Cells".

Select A2 and Window>Freeze Panes.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:51:26 -0800 (PST), trvlnmny <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I am using Excel 2003 Sp 3 and Windows XP.
>
>I have a column Named Year Revised in which I place the year of
>revision for the item described on the row. This column has a format
>of General. The data in this column will either be blank or contain a
>year as yyyy. Many times when entering data on a new row I select the
>cells in the previous that have the same values and drag them down to
>insert in my row. My problem is that the data in the year revised cell
>will be incremented by 1. How do I prevent this?
>
>A second question concerns header rows. How do I fix row 2, which has
>my column headings, so that it is at the top of my screen always? I
>need this so I know what the contents of the various columns are.
>
>Thanks for any and all help.

On Feb 15, 5:17*pm, Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote:
> Right-click and drag. *Release button and "Copy Cells".
>
> Select A2 and Window>Freeze Panes.
>
> Gord Dibben *MS Excel MVP
>
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:51:26 -0800 (PST), trvlnmny <trvln...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I am using Excel 2003 Sp 3 and Windows XP.
>
> >I have a column Named Year Revised in which I place the year of
> >revision for the item described on *the row. This column has a format
> >of General. The data in this column will either be blank or contain a
> >year as yyyy. Many times when entering data on a new row I select the
> >cells in the previous that have the same values and drag them down to
> >insert in my row. My problem is that the data in the year revised cell
> >will be incremented by 1. How do I prevent this?
>
> >A second question concerns header rows. How do I fix row 2, which has
> >my column headings, *so that it is at the top of my screen always? I
> >need this so I know what the contents of the various columns are.
>
> >Thanks for any and all help.

Gord,
Thanks for the help.
Both worked..