Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Sheet Shortcuts in Excel

Some great shortcuts to working with sheets in Excel.

Moving between sheets
CTRL + PGUP / PGDN

To find a particular sheet
Right click the sheet navigation arrows (at the far left of the sheet name tabs). This will bring up a list of all the sheet names. If there are more sheets then can fit in the list then a More Windows option will provide you with a dialog box to select from.

Copy sheets
Hold down CTRL, then drag a sheet tab right 1 sheet or left 2 sheets to copy it. A small plus will appear beside the mouse cursor indicating a new sheet will be created.

Rename sheet
Double click the sheet tab to edit the name.

Select multiple sheets
Hold down SHIFT whil using the CTRL +PGUP/PGDN shortcut.

Comprehensive list of Excel shortcuts