Microsoft Excel 2010
Insert or Rename a Worksheet
By default, Microsoft Office Excel provides three worksheets in a workbook, but you can insert
additional worksheets or delete them as needed.
You can also change the number of worksheets that
appear by default in a new workbook.
The name (or title) of a worksheet appears on its
sheet tab at the bottom of the screen. By default,
the name is Sheet1, Sheet2, and so on, but you can
give any worksheet a more appropriate name.
I. Insert a new worksheet
To insert a new worksheet, do one of the following:
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To quickly insert a new worksheet at the end of the existing worksheets,
click the Insert Worksheet tab at the bottom of the screen.
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To insert a new worksheet in front of an existing worksheet, select that worksheet
and then, on the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Insert, and then click Insert Sheet.
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NOTE To change the order of the worksheets in a workbook, click the tab of the worksheet that you
want to move, and then drag it to the location that you want.
II. Rename a worksheet
1. On the Sheet tab bar, right-click the sheet tab that you want to
rename, and then click Rename.
Select the current name, and then type the new name.
Press the Enter key
to confirm name
change.
If you don't see the tab that you want, click the tab scrolling buttons to display the
tab, and then click the tab.
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