Excel FAQ - Answers to All the Most Often Excel Questions

There are many annoyances and troubles in Excel. Most of them you can easily fix. For example: You can’t scroll up and down. Or the formula bar is gone. Or you can’t group and ungroup rows and columns. The problem: Often it’s not very intuitive to find the right button or setting. Check our comprehensive FAQ!

Something missing in Excel?

The following questions are about missing items, menus or buttons in Excel. Most of them you can get back with either one of the two way:

Check the View ribbon in Excel. There are some simple settings about the Excel window.

FAQ: Something missing — Excel FAQ: When something is missing, check the Excel options.

If you cannot find it in the View ribbon, go to the Excel Options:
- Click on “File”, then on Options.
- Go to the Advanced Tab on the left.
- Scroll down, for example to workbook settings.

Something still missing? Here are the most frequently things with detailed steps:

Headings Missing in Excel: How to Show Row Numbers & Column Letters!

Sheet Tabs in Excel Missing? How to Get Them Back!

Images, Charts, Objects Missing in Excel? How to Get Them Back!

Excel Opens Blank Window When Double-Clicking On File? Easy Solution!

Formula Bar Missing in Excel? How to Quickly Get It Back!

Scrollbars Missing in Excel? How to Get Them Back!