#Productivity

Mark up, fill, or rewrite a PDF at no cost using Microsoft Edge, Acrobat online, LibreOffice Draw, or Google Drive, matched to what kind of edit you actually need.

Every Excel cell is locked by default, but that setting does nothing until you protect the sheet. Here's the two-step process to keep specific cells editable.

Excel's View tab has one Freeze Panes menu that locks the top row, the first column, or any block of rows and columns you pick while the rest scrolls.

Learn how to wrap text in Excel with the Wrap Text button, add a manual line break with Alt+Enter, and fix cells where wrapped text still gets cut off.

Compare three free ways to turn a PDF into an editable Word file: Word's own converter, Adobe Acrobat online, and Google Docs, plus fixes for scans.