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Excel 2007 Multiple Worksheets Linking
Excel 2007 Multiple Worksheets Linking
Amarillo College
Revision Date: April 20, 2009
Table of Contents
WORKING WITH MULTIPLE WORKSHEETS ............................................................................................................. 1
RENAMING WORKSHEETS ................................................................................................................................................1
INSERTING A NEW WORKSHEET.........................................................................................................................................1
REORDERING WORKSHEETS .............................................................................................................................................1
DELETING A WORKSHEET.................................................................................................................................................1
COPYING A WORKSHEET..................................................................................................................................................2
GROUPING WORKSHEETS ................................................................................................................................................3
MULTI-WORKSHEET FORMULAS ........................................................................................................................................3
MULTIPLE WORKBOOKS ON SAME SCREEN ........................................................................................................... 4
LINKING TO OTHER CELLS ...................................................................................................................................... 5
LINKS TO OTHER WORKSHEETS .........................................................................................................................................5
LINKS BETWEEN WORKBOOKS ..........................................................................................................................................5
TESTING THE LINKS BETWEEN WORKBOOKS ........................................................................................................................5
UPDATING LINKS ...........................................................................................................................................................6
PERMANENTLY BREAKING THE LINKS..................................................................................................................................6
FINDING/REPLACING DATA.................................................................................................................................... 7
SAME WORKSHEET ........................................................................................................................................................7
MULTIPLE WORKSHEETS .................................................................................................................................................8
HEADERS AND FOOTERS ........................................................................................................................................ 9
2. Use the directions listed above to rename the new worksheet as needed.
Reordering Worksheets
1. Click-and-drag the worksheet tab to the desired location in the list of worksheets and
then release it.
Deleting a Worksheet
1. Right-click the worksheet and choose Delete.
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Copying a Worksheet
From the Same Workbook
1. Click the tab of the desired worksheet once to select it. The worksheet that is being
replicated has to be the one that is being viewed!
2. While pressing down the CTRL key, click-and-drag the sheet tab to the right and then
release it. The new worksheet will be identical to the one being copied.
3. Rename the new worksheet as needed.
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Grouping Worksheets
1. While pressing down the CTRL key, click the tab for each worksheet to be grouped
together. Each tab in the group will then have a white background.
2. Formatting a cell in any worksheet in the group will format the same cells in all the
grouped worksheets.
3. Click any one of the sheet tabs to unselect the group.
Multi-worksheet Formulas
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6. After the last number has been added to the sum, press ENTER .
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Updating Links
When you open a workbook that contains a link to another workbook, you will be prompted to
update the link(s).
1. Open the workbook that contains the links to the original data.
2. Highlight the links on the page.
3. On the Data tab, click the
4. Click the
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FINDING/REPLACING DATA
Same Worksheet
1. If replacements are to occur in only one area (such as a particular column), highlight the
cells to be analyzed. Otherwise, do not highlight any cells so the search/replace can
take place in any cell.
2. Press CTRL +H .
3. In the Find What field, type the text
to be searched for.
4. In the Replace With, type the
replacement text.
5. Click one of these buttons:
a. Replace to replace each
occurrence of the original text
individually
b. Replace All to replace all occurrences of the original text instantly.
6.
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Multiple Worksheets
To search for text on every worksheet in the file, to the following.
1. CTRL +H .
2. In the Find What field, type the text to be searched for.
3. In the Replace With, type the replacement text.
4. Click the
button.
5. As shown in the previous illustration, in the Find What field, type the text to be
searched.
6. In the Replace With field, type the replacement text.
7. Use the drop-down arrow in the Within field to choose workbook. If this is not done,
only the current worksheet will be searched.
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