Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Excel 2003 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)

Each blank Excel workbook contains three worksheets. You can add or delete as many worksheets as you need. Because a workbook consists of one or more worksheets, you need to move between the worksheets. Here's how:

  • Click the tab of the worksheet you want to move to. If the tab isn't visible, use the tab scroll buttons , shown in Figure 1.16, to bring the tab into view, and then click the tab.

    Figure 1.16. Choose the sheet you want to work on.

Moving Within a Worksheet

When the worksheet you want is visible on the screen, you need to move around in it. It's important to remember that the view on the screen might represent only a small portion of the total worksheet. After all, a worksheet can consist of more than one million cells . Even the biggest computer monitor can't display the entire sheet so that it is legible.

You move around your Excel worksheet with the mouse or the keyboard. To move from cell to cell, click the cell you want to move to. Notice that a dark border, called a selector , surrounds a selected cell. If the cell you want to move to isn't visible, use the scrollbars to move around the sheet.

If you're using an IntelliMouse, you can scroll around worksheets using the center wheel button. Hold down the wheel button and drag to quickly move through the worksheet.

Using the Keyboard

If you're entering a lot of numbers or text from the keyboard, it's easier sometimes to move around a worksheet with the keyboard. That way, you can keep your hands on the keyboard and not have to jump on and off the mouse.

Table 1.3 shows the keystrokes you use to move around in a worksheet.

Table 1.3. Keystrokes That Move You Through a Worksheet

Press These Keys

To Move To

Enter

One cell down or to the next cell in sequence

Shift+Tab

One cell to the left

Shift+Enter

One cell up

Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Right Arrow, Left Arrow

One cell in the direction of the arrow

Ctrl+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Left Arrow

To the right or left end of a row that contains data

Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow

To the top or bottom of a column that contains data

Home

To the first cell in the row

Ctrl+Home

To the first cell in the worksheet

Ctrl+End

To the lower-right cell in the worksheet

Page Up

Up one screen

Page Down

Down one screen

Alt+Page Up

Left one screen

Alt+Page Down

Right one screen

Ctrl+Page Up

To previous sheet

Ctrl+Page Down

To Next sheet

F5 or Ctrl+G

Opens the Go To dialog box

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