This Excel tutorial explains how to freeze panes to keep the first column visible when scrolling in Excel 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Freeze rows or columns. Select View Freeze Panes Freeze First Column. The faint line that appears between Column A and B shows that the first column is frozen. Select the third column. Select View Freeze Panes Freeze Panes. Select the cell below the rows and to the right of the columns. On a Mac go to the Window menu and then select freeze pane. On a PC, you’ll go to the View menu. One nice time saver on the PC version is it has the option on the View / Freeze Pane menu to freeze the first row and/or the first column.

See solution in other versions of Excel:

Freeze Top And First Column Microsoft Excel For Mac 2020

Question: In Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac, I have a spreadsheet and I need to freeze the first column. That way, I can see the first column at all times even when I scroll. How can I do this?

Answer: If you need to see the first column (column A) even after scrolling, you could try freezing the pane in Excel.

To freeze the first column, open your Excel spreadsheet.

Select the Layout tab from the toolbar at the top of the screen. Click on the Freeze Panes button and click on the Freeze First Column option in the popup menu.

Freeze Top And First Column Microsoft Excel For Mac 2017

Now when you scroll, you should still continue to see column A.