How to Print Excel Sheet with Rows and Columns: 2 Simple Ways!

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If your Excel sheet spans multiple pages, then you must display either the default row numbers and column letters or the row and column headers for clear identification. This article covers these two distinct situations on how to print an Excel sheet with rows and columns.

Key Takeaways

Steps to Print Excelโ€™s Row and Column Headings:

โžค Open the Page Setup window after pressing  Ctrl  +  P  +  SP  buttons.
โžค Check the Row and column headings option.
โžค Then go to the Print Preview option; after adjusting print settings, click on the Print option.

Steps to Print Titles (Repeat Row and Column Headers on Every Page):

โžค In the Page Setup window, specify the header row in the Rows to repeat at top: box.
โžค Similarly, specify the header column in Columns to repeat at left: box.
โžค Then print it.

How to print Excel sheet with rows and columns

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This article covers two different ways to print Excel sheet with rows and columns. One is to print the default Excelโ€™s row and column headings. The other is repeating row and column headers on each page (print titles).

Weโ€™ll work on an Excel sheet called “Monthly Sales.” This sheet contains data down to row 67.

Dataset to print Excel sheet with rows and columns


1

Print Excelโ€™s Rows and Columns Headings

Here’s how to print the Excelโ€™s default row and column headings in Excel. There are two ways to do this.

Check the Print Option from Sheet Options Group

Steps:

โžค Keep your cursor within any cell of the dataset.
โžค Go to Page Layout >> check the Print option under Headings from the Sheet Options group.

Check the Print Option from Sheet Options Ribbon Group to print Excel sheet

โžค Then go to the Print settings by pressing the  Ctrl  +  P  button. Excel’s row and column headings will then be visible.

Check the Print Option from Sheet Options Ribbon Group

However, the preview section won’t show all the data. Thatโ€™s why we need to adjust some print settings.
โžค From the print area drop-down lists, choose the Print Active Sheets option.
โžค Pick the Fit All Columns on One Page option from the scaling options to print all columns.
โžค Then choose a suitable printer.
โžค Finally, print your Excel sheet data.

Print Preview after Checking the Print Option from Sheet Options Ribbon Group


Use the Page Setup Window to Print Row and Column Headings

An alternative way to print Excelโ€™s row and column headings is to use the Page Setup window.

Steps:

โžค Select all data by pressing  Ctrl  +  A  button.
โžค Go to Page Layout >> click on the Dialog Box Launcher from the Page Setup group.

Page layout tab to open page setup window

โžค Or go File >> Print to open Print settings >> choose the Page Setup option.

Opening Page Setup pressing Ctrl + P

โžค However, in the Page Setup window, go to the Sheet tab.
โžค Check the Row and column headings option.
โžค Press OK.

Page Setup window to print Excel sheet with rows and columns

Now your data is ready to print.

Final Page Setup window to print Excel sheet with rows and columns


2

Print Titles (Repeat Column and Row Headers on Each Page)

If your Excel sheet needs more than one page to print, you have to repeat the row and column headers (also called print titles) on each page. If so, try this approach.

Steps:

โžค Select data >> Page Layout >> Print Titles.

Checking Print Titles Option

โžค From the Sheet tab, go to Rows to repeat at top: box and specify the header row.

Specify the row header of Excel sheet

โžค Choose the $1:$1 row.

Specify the row header to print at top

โžค Similarly, specify the header column (e.g. $A:$A) in Columns to repeat at left: box.
โžค Then go to the Print settings >> click Print to proceed.

Specify row and column headers to print titles

In print preview, navigating to the second page reveals that the header row is repeated at the top.

Header row is repeated at every page


FAQ

How to print an Excel sheet on one page?

To print your Excel sheet however the paper size, go to Print Preview section >> choose the Fit Sheet on One Page option from the scaling options. Remember, this option will shrink your data to fit, which may make the text very small and hard to read.

How do I Print Excel spreadsheet with lines and Columns?

To do this, go to Page Layout >> check the Print option under Gridlines.

How to Print specific rows and Columns in Excel?

โžค Select the suitable cell range, press  Ctrl  +  P .

โžค In the Print settings, under Settings, choose Print Selection.

โžค Click Print to proceed.

Is it possible to print column headers on every page in Excel Online?

Repeating column headers on every printed page is not a feature currently offered in Excel Online. To utilize this functionality, please use the Excel desktop application.

Wrapping Up

In this article, we explored two different ways to print Excel sheet with rows and columns. Feel free to download the practice file and share your thoughts and suggestions.

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Md. Abdul Kader holds a Bachelor in Urban and Regional Planning from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology and has 2.5 years of Excel and Google Sheets experience. He specializes in data analysis, PivotTables, Power Query, charts, advanced formulas, statistics, and VBA automation. Promoted to Team Lead as an Excel & VBA content developer, he is passionate about dashboards, Power BI, and using Power Query to simplify data workflows.
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