[excel] Change the column label? e.g.: change column "A" to column "Name"

Can anyone tell me how to change the column label?

For example, I want to change Column "A" to Column "Name" in Excel.

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What version of Excel?

In general, you cannot change the column letters. They are part of the Excel system.

You can use a row in the sheet to enter headers for a table that you are using. The table headers can be descriptive column names.

In Excel 2007 and later, you can convert a range of data into an Excel Table (Insert Ribbon > Table). An Excel Table can use structured table references instead of cell addresses, so the labels in the first row of the table now serve as a name reference for the data in the column.

If you have an Excel Table in your sheet (Excel 2007 and later) and scroll down, the column letters will be replaced with the column headers for the table column.

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I would like to present another answer to this as the currently accepted answer doesn't work for me (I use LibreOffice). This solution should work in Excel, LibreOffice and OpenOffice:

First, insert a new row at the beginning of the sheet. Within that row, define the names you need: new row

Then, in the menu bar, go to View -> Freeze Cells -> Freeze First Row. It'll look like this now: new top row

Now whenever you scroll down in the document, the first row will be "pinned" to the top: new behaviour


If you intend to change A, B, C.... you see high above the columns, you can not. You can hide A, B, C...: Button Office(top left) Excel Options(bottom) Advanced(left) Right looking: Display options fot this worksheet: Select the worksheet(eg. Sheet3) Uncheck: Show column and row headers Ok