Move or copy sheets

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

To move or copy sheets to another workbook, open the workbook that will receive the sheets.

Switch to the workbook that contains the sheets you want to move or copy, and then select the sheets.

When you enter or change data, the changes affect all selected sheets. These changes may replace data on the active sheet and other selected sheets.

To select	Do this
A single sheet	Click the sheet tab. If you don't see the tab you want, click the tab scrolling buttons to display the tab, and then click the tab.
Two or more adjacent sheets	Click the tab for the first sheet, and then hold down SHIFT and click the tab for the last sheet.
Two or more nonadjacent sheets	Click the tab for the first sheet, and then hold down CTRL and click the tabs for the other sheets.
All sheets in a workbook	Right-click a sheet tab, and then click Select All Sheets on the shortcut menu.

Note If sheet tabs have been color-coded, the sheet tab name will be underlined in a user-specified color when selected. If the sheet tab is displayed with a background color, the sheet has not been selected.

Show Cancel a selection of multiple sheets

To cancel a selection of multiple sheets in a workbook, click any unselected sheet.

If no unselected sheet is visible, right-click the tab of a selected sheet. Then click Ungroup Sheets on the shortcut menu.

On the Edit menu, click Move or Copy Sheet.

In the To book box, click the workbook to receive the sheets.

To move or copy the selected sheets to a new workbook, click new book.

In the Before sheet box, click the sheet before which you want to insert the moved or copied sheets.

To copy the sheets instead of moving them, select the Create a copy check box.

Show Tip

To move sheets within the current workbook, you can drag the selected sheets along the row of sheet tabs. To copy the sheets, hold down CTRL, and then drag the sheets; release the mouse button before you release the CTRL key.

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