Create an index of sheets in active workbook
Microsoft Office Word provides Table of Contents feature, which is convenient for quickly navigating between different parts of document. Ever thought that you want to use such similar feature while handling workbook with too many worksheets? If so, Kutools for Excel’s Create List of Sheet Names tool can help you quickly:
- Create a new worksheet, which serves as the table of contents;
- All sheet names are listed in the table of contents;
- Each sheet has been linked with hyperlink for navigation between them. Demo
Click "Kutools">>"Worksheet Tools">>"Create List of Sheet Names". See screenshots (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2).
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| Fig. 1 Create List of Sheet Names |
Fig. 2 Create List of Sheet Names dialog box |
Usage:
- Activate the workbook you want to build worksheets index;
- Click “Create List of Sheet Names”, and specify the style, name and location for the index worksheet;
- Click “OK” to build worksheets index. See screenshots (Fig.3 and Fig.4).
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| Fig. 3 Worksheets Index with hyperlinks | Fig. 4 Worksheets Index with macro buttons |
Notes:
- If your workbook has many sheets, choosing a larger number for the Number of columns option will allow more hyperlinks or buttons to be visible without scrolling.
- Hidden sheets in the workbook are not included in the contents sheet.
- If you choose the Create buttons and macros option, VBA macro code is added to your workbook. Depending on your security settings, you may not be able use this option or you may receive a macro warning when the workbook is opened.
- This operation supports Undo; you can press Undo (Ctrl+Z) immediately to restore it.
See Create List of Sheet Names feature demo (video 1)
Video 1.Create List of Sheet Names feature demo.
This is only one feature of Kutools for Excel
It includes more than 100 functions and tools for Excel 2007 and 2010.
