Chapter 1 - Excel - McGraw-Hill

Insert and Delete Worksheets
There are times when you need to insert a worksheet to store additional information in your
workbook. When there is more than one worksheet in a workbook, you select a worksheet
by clicking the worksheet tab. There are multiple ways to both insert and delete worksheets.
Inserted worksheets are automatically named.
MORE INFO
Press Ctrl+Page Down to move to the next worksheet. Press Ctrl+Page Up to move to the previous
worksheet.
HOW TO: Insert and Delete Worksheets
1. Select a cell in the current worksheet.
2. To insert a worksheet, use one of the following methods:
• Click the New Sheet button (plus sign) to the right of the existing
worksheet tabs (Figure 1-50).
• Click the bottom half of the Insert button [Home tab, Cells group]
and select Insert Sheet (Figure 1-51).
• Right-click a worksheet tab and select Insert from the context
menu to open the Insert dialog box. Select Worksheet and
click OK.
3. To delete a worksheet from a workbook, click the bottom half of the
Delete button [Home tab, Cells group] and select Delete Sheet to
remove the active worksheet.
• Alternatively, you can right-click the worksheet tab and select
Delete from the context menu.
New Sheet
button
1-50 New Sheet button
1-51 Insert button: Adding a new worksheet
ANOTHER WAY
Press Shift+F11 to insert a new worksheet.
MORE INFO
To delete or insert multiple worksheets, click the worksheet tabs while pressing Ctrl, right-click one
of the selected worksheet tabs, and choose Delete or Insert from the context menu.
Rename Worksheets and Change Tab Color
The default names for the sheets within a workbook are Sheet1, Sheet2, and so on. After
adding worksheets to a workbook, you might want to rename each worksheet with a more
meaningful name. The size of the sheet tab adjusts to fit the name. You can also apply a tab
color to further distinguish each worksheet. There is no default color for worksheet tabs.
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Excel 2013 Chapter 1 Creating and Editing Workbooks