How to Select All Worksheets in Excel

To manage Excel sheets efficiently, users can select all worksheets in a workbook. This action enables simultaneous formatting, data entry, and calculations across all sheets.

Select All Sheets Option

In Excel, you can select all sheets by right-clicking a sheet tab and choosing Select All Sheets. This will apply any changes made to one sheet to all selected sheets within the workbook. This feature is particularly useful for consistent formatting and data manipulation across multiple sheets.

Using Keyboard Shortcuts

For a quicker method, Excel allows users to open and select multiple sheets at once using keyboard shortcuts. While not a single shortcut for selecting all, you can click the first sheet, hold SHIFT, and click the last sheet to select all sheets in between. This method is efficient for performing cross-sheet calculations and preparing multiple sheets for printing.

Macro for Selection

Advanced users can select multiple sheets using a macro. This approach is suitable for those familiar with Excel's programming capabilities and can automate the task of selecting all sheets, saving time in repetitive tasks.

Note that Google Sheets, while allowing multiple sheet selection using CTRL or SHIFT, does not offer a Select All Sheets option as in Excel.

Common Use Cases

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  Applying the same format across multiple worksheets
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  Printing all worksheets at once
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  Inserting the same header or footer on every sheet
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  Making uniform changes to cell styles across all sheets
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  Conducting a global search and replace across the entire workbook

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