In Excel, users can set scrolling area to prevent from scrolling to other rows and columns.

Step 1: Right click the worksheet name in the Sheet tab bar, and then select the View Code from the right-clicking menu.

Step 2: Now you get into the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, you need to open the Properties Window with clicking View > Properties Window.

Note: If the Properties window has been opened already, just skip this step.

Step 3: In the Properties window, find out the ScrollArea in the left bar, and then in the following box enter the range you want to share with others.

Step 4: Close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

Then you will see both vertical scroll bar and horizontal scroll bar are freeze, and you cannot scroll to other rows and columns in current worksheet.

One click to hide everything but selected range (hide unused column/rows/cells)

Most of time, we may only use part of worksheet with numeric blank cells/range left. Kutools for Excel’s Set Scroll Area utility can help you one click to hide everything except selected range, or hide all unused cells/rows/column/ranges easily.

Apart from setting scrolling area, we can also limit number of rows and columns by hiding unshared rows and columns in Excel.

Step 1: Besides the shared range, you need to select the left ranges and hide them. Select the first column right to the shared range, and then press the Ctrl + Shift + Rightward arrow keys simultaneously to select all right columns.

Step 2: Right click selected columns, and select the Hide from right-clicking menu.

Step 3: Select the first row below shared range, press the Ctrl + Shift + Downward arrow  keys at the same time to select all rows below shared range, and then hide them.

Step 4: Select the first row up shared range, press Ctrl+ Shift + Up arrow simultaneously to select all rows up shared range, and then hide them.

Step 5: Select the first column left to shared range, press Ctrl + Shift+ Leftward arrow  simultaneously to select all columns left to shared range, and then hide them.

Then you will see all rows and columns are hidden except shared range in the worksheet.

The hotkeys seem not easy for many Excel users. Do not worry about it, you can try Kutools for Excel's Set Scroll Area utility, which helps you hide all rows and columns except shared range with only one click in Excel.

Select the shared range you want to share with others, and click the Kutools > Show / Hide > Set Scroll Area.

Then you will see all rows and columns are hidden except shared range in the worksheet immediately.

 Set Scroll Area is one of Kutools for Excel utility, which is designed to one click to hide all unselected rows and columns in active worksheet easily. Click for 30-day free trial, no limitation!

Toggle to show/hide columns: one click to show all hidden columns, and one click to restore hidden columns

Kutools for Excel's (Show) Columns utility is a good toggle to show all hidden columns with only one click, and click this Column button for the second time will make these columns hidden again.