Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Full Path Names in Excel.
When you open a workbook in Excel, the workbook name is displayed in the title bar. At times, it would be nice to display more than a simple workbook name in the title bar. Many people could profit by a way to display a full path name along with the workbook name in the title bar. Unfortunately, Excel does not provide a way to do this easily.
If you only need to know the full path name once in a while, then you can create a very simple macro and assign it to the QAT or a shortcut key. When you run the macro, the information in the title bar for the active window is changed to reflect the full path name. This macro, called ChangeCaption, is as follows:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: 
Sub ChangeCaption()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveWorkbook.FullName
End Sub
The only drawback to this approach is that whenever you rename your workbook by saving it under a different name, the new file name (and path) are not updated in the title bar unless you rerun the macro.
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2016-09-24 05:49:32
Michael (Micky) Avidan
@Kevin Scanlon,
Try to add $A$1 to each and every instance of the CELL("filename") segment.
Like that:
...CELL("filename",$A$1)...
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Michael (Micky) Avidan
“Microsoft® Answers" - Wiki author & Forums Moderator
“Microsoft®” MVP – Excel (2009-2017)
ISRAEL
2016-09-23 10:37:05
Kevin Scanlon
Getting back to the point of this Tip, the suggestion to use "CELL" falls foul of the fact that this function is a volatile function and hence is re-calculated EVERY time ANY cell is changed in Excel.
This means that a "CELL" based formula located in workbook "A" will incorrectly report that it is in workbook "B" if both workbooks are open in the same instance of Excel and workbook "B" is the last one edited.
Try it and see
Kevin
2016-09-22 11:04:00
Roy
Nothing to do with this great tip, but in the latest version of Outlook if you are sending the sheet you have just worked on you can attach it quickly by just clicking on Attach file. A list of all the recent file worked on appears there.
2016-09-22 09:28:58
Kyle Fabris
I also find the "Document Location" textbox very handy. When you open a workbook, the fully qualified path is displayed. You can then copy/paste this path into any browser windows (e.g. Attach File in Outlook) thereby avoiding having to manually navigate to the file!
You can easily customize the QAT --> All Commands --> Document Location. Unfortunately, the same drawback exists. When you save a workbook, Excel doesn't automatically update the textbox like other MS Office apps do. You have to toggle to another open workbook or toggle to another application then go back to Excel for it to update.
Life is Good!
Kyle
2016-09-22 07:44:09
Michael (Micky) Avidan
@bettie lobato,
You suggestion presents the ActiveSheets name as well.
In order to present the Path and full file name only - try:
=SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(CELL("filename"),FIND("]",CELL("filename"))-1),"[",)
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Michael (Micky) Avidan
“Microsoft® Answers" - Wiki author & Forums Moderator
“Microsoft®” MVP – Excel (2009-2017)
ISRAEL
2014-05-31 14:36:29
bettie lobato
Simple way for complete path of file in Excel. On any cell in the file enter:
=cell("filename")
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