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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:
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.
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: 
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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2019-05-08 03:48:37
valerie
Hi,
I tried this method
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.
But it didn't work for me.
The error message is reference is not valid. How do I solve this error?
2019-03-04 10:26:03
søren mortensen
hi
I have tried your code, but it would not work. Its not selecting a sheets called "101". I have tried to chance the name to "abc", and it dossen' also not working.
I'm trying to find a metode to selecting one sheets of many, called … 101, 110, 120, etc. with at formula, but the macro stops every time it comes to
worksheets("target").activate. Target is a variable for the sheet name 101, 110 etc.
any ide to work this out ?
kind regards
Søren
2018-08-22 10:51:16
Rick
Example: If I have a number in sheet 1 that comes from sheet 40; how can I easily jump to that referenced number in sheet 40 (hyperlink)?
2017-05-27 15:58:03
anonymous2
"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."
Is there a way to add a button that will bring up the same worksheet names list when clicked? Just like when you right click?
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2017-04-15 09:20:11
Mons
If i want the list of Sheets to be displayed for selection then what to be done?
2017-02-03 04:43:06
Prime Aque
Thank you, I have been using Google Spreadsheet and it is easy to find a particular sheet in a workbook, now I know how to deal this on excel! Thank you!
2016-12-15 16:40:08
Menón
Very helpful,,,
Muchas gracias.
2016-10-04 10:31:16
Muhammad haseeb Zahid
Thanks this is very helpful for any student. this is so easy.
2016-09-28 01:21:02
nattawut k.
Thank you for the good one.
2016-09-01 19:02:16
anonymous
Is it possible to tweak this code so I only have to type a portion of the sheet name rather than the entire name?
2016-07-22 16:51:18
Judy
Can you use the go-to shortcut to jump to a worksheet whose name is more than one word? ie. Acosta FS (Has a space between the words.)
2016-06-13 10:47:47
harish
you can go to next buttons at bottom left corner
and right click on them to go to a worksheet directly
2016-02-11 00:32:53
Deevanshu Khatri
Dear Sir, Good Morning
I Want to Learn how to work & linking in Excel kindly help me .
2015-11-28 07:59:12
vijaykumar
i want learn of how to go to directly jumping to linking place in excel sheet which function key, or command.. please tell us..
2015-10-27 07:34:39
Hajiso
Nice
2015-10-20 14:11:34
Martin greene
I need to insert the option of a wildcard vs typing in the entire name
2015-10-20 10:42:08
Marty Greene
For long worksheet names , can wildcards be used in the prompt input? Which work best?
2015-09-15 09:19:02
Parwez Ali
I Have Sheet Names like Hollidays, Comments Style, Income Etc so how can i search them That formula doesn't work Please tell me About this issue.
Thanks
2015-08-15 08:42:56
Jaad
Hey amar
Just remove all the if statements and Leave only "Worksheets(sSheet).Activate" and you should be fine
It should look like this:
Sub Jumper()
Dim sSheet As String
sSheet = InputBox( _
Prompt:="Enter Date in Formate 01/MM/YYYY", _
Title:="Input Sheet")
On Error Resume Next
Worksheets(sSheet).Activate
End Sub
2015-06-29 06:30:33
Not working because my sheets name is like 791
792
901
902
912
in number format.
please help me whit i have to use at place of string..............
2015-02-23 03:14:21
Ralphy
super! i needed this so bad. i didn't expect it to be so easy. thank you!
2014-04-30 09:44:28
shiv kumar
I like this macro you have provided, short and working..
2014-01-31 10:48:22
prabha jesi malar
thanks for your answer and your coding thanks thanks to all
2013-12-21 03:05:41
gugan
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2013-11-16 12:50:39
Lynda
this is a tip i will use and completely forgot about.. if you dont use it you will forget it ... :)
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