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Jumping to a Specific Worksheet

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 21, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Microsoft 365


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If you have a huge number of worksheets in a workbook, you may be looking for a way to jump to a specific sheet rather easily. There are a number of ways you can approach this task, and their applicability to your situation depends on how many worksheets you actually have in the workbook.

One option that works well if you have a limited number of worksheets (say, 30-40 sheets or less) is to right-click the sheet navigation buttons at the left of the sheet tabs. Doing so will pull up a list of worksheet names, and you can select which one you want to jump to. If there are more worksheets than can comfortably fit in the list, then one of the options is "More Sheets." Select that option, and you end up with a dialog box that lists all the worksheets and you can make your selection.

Another option that many people employ is to create a "table of contents" for your workbook. In the first worksheet, enter a bunch of hyperlinks that jump to the various worksheets in your workbook. That way you can display the TOC, click a link, and you are on your way.

If you know the name of the worksheet you want to jump to, you can also use the Go To capabilities of Excel. Follow these steps:

  1. Press F5. Excel displays the Go To dialog box.
  2. In the Reference box, enter Sheet83!A1. (Replace "Sheet83" with the name of the worksheet you want to jump to.)
  3. Click OK.

Another option is to create a macro to prompt for either the name or number of the worksheet you want to display. The following macro could be assigned to a shortcut key, and then you can use it to jump to whatever sheet is desired.

Sub GotoSheet()
    Dim sSheet As String

    sSheet = InputBox( _
      Prompt:="Sheet name or number?", _
      Title:="Input Sheet")
    On Error Resume Next
    If Val(sSheet) > 0 Then
        Worksheets(Val(sSheet)).Activate
    Else
        Worksheets(sSheet).Activate
    End If
End Sub

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ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (7094) applies to Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Microsoft 365. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Excel here: Jumping to a Specific Worksheet.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. ...

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2022-06-22 12:41:17

J. Woolley

My Excel Toolbox includes the following dynamic array function:
=ListSheets([SkipHidden])
This function returns one row with sheet names in subsequent columns. To return the list in one column with several rows, use this:
=TRANSPOSE(ListSheets([SkipHidden]))
In older versions of Excel that do not support dynamic arrays, you can use ListSheets with the SpillArray function like this:
=SpillArray(TRANSPOSE(ListSheets([SkipHidden])))
SpillArray will determine and populate the spill range for its array expression argument, simulating a dynamic array.
After populating a column with sheet names, you can create a hyperlink to each sheet by adding a formula to the next column; however, there are certain issues when a hyperlink is created using the HYPERLINK function:
+ A hyperlink cannot reference a worksheet without identifying a cell, range, or name on that sheet
+ Activating such a hyperlink will change the worksheet’s previously selected cell or range
+ A hyperlink cannot reference a chart sheet because a chart sheet has no cells
+ A hyperlink referencing a hidden sheet will fail silently when activated
These issues are resolved by the following My Excel Toolbox function:
=SheetNameLink(Sheet_Name, [Friendly_Name], [Screen_Tip])
where Sheet_Name is like [file]'sheet' or [file]#'sheet' or 'sheet' or #'sheet'. For example, if cells A1:A20 contain a list of sheets created by the ListSheets function described above, this formula in cell B2 would create a hyperlink to the worksheet or chart sheet listed in cell A2:
=SheetNameLink(A2)
The hyperlink does not address a cell; therefore, the sheet's previous selection is not altered.
My Excel Toolbox also includes the following function:
=SheetListUpdateLink([Friendly_Name],[Screen_Tip])
This function uses SuperLink to create a hyperlink that will list a workbook's sheets (including hidden sheets) in subsequent rows. Each sheet in the list includes a hyperlink to hide or activate (unhide) the sheet.
Finally, My Excel Toolbox's SheetsDialog macro displays a sheet activation list at the bottom-left corner of Excel's window (similar to right-clicking a scroll button at the left side of sheet tabs). Here is an abbreviated version:

Sub SheetsDialog()
    Dim X, Y
    Const PxPerPt = 96 / 72
    With Application
        X = .Left * PxPerPt
        Y = (.Top + .Height) * PxPerPt
        .CommandBars("Workbook tabs").ShowPopup X, Y
    End With
End Sub

See https://sites.google.com/view/MyExcelToolbox/


2022-06-21 08:01:09

Dave Roberts

And if you're going to create a TOC, putting a Home button on each page is a quick way to get to the TOC. Add a shape to another sheet. Add a link to the TOC. Copy the shape to all the other pages.


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