How to count the number of sheets of a workbook?
Have you ever considered how to count the number of worksheets in a workbook? To count them one by one is a boring job, if there are lots of worksheets. In fact, there is no straight formula to calculate the number of worksheets. But, here, I can introduce you some useful and handy tricks to deal with this problem.
Count the number of sheets in a workbook SHEETS function
Count the number of sheets in a workbook with Define Name command
Count the number of sheets in a workbook with VBA code
Show the number of sheets in a workbook by Navigation pane 
Count the number of sheets in a workbook by creating a list of sheets
Count the number of sheets in a workbook SHEETS function
If your Excel version is 2013 or later, you can use the SHEETS function to get the total number of the sheets of current workbook.
Select a blank cell, than type =SHEETS() into it, press Enter key to get the number of sheets.
Count the number of sheets in a workbook with Define Name command
In Excel, you can apply a formula into the Define Name feature first, and then count the number of the worksheets.
1. Launch your workbook which you want to count the number of worksheets.
2. Click Formula > Define Name, see screenshot:
3. And in the New Name dialog box, specify a name in the Name text box, and then enter this formula =GET.WORKBOOK(1)&T(NOW()) to the Refers to text box, see screenshot:
4. Then click OK to close this dialog, and return to the worksheet, then type this formula =COUNTA(INDEX(CountSheets,0))(CountSheets in this formula is the name you defined in step 3, you can change it as you need.) into a blank cell, see screenshot:
5. And press Enter key, you will get the number of your worksheets in the current workbook.
Count the number of sheets in a workbook with VBA code
If you think the above formulas are somewhat hard to remember, here is a simple VBA code also can help you.
1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.
VBA code: Count the number of sheets in a workbook
Public Sub CountWorkSheets()
'Update 20140326
MsgBox "The total number sheets of this workbook: " & Application.Sheets.Count
End Sub
3. Then press F5 key to execute this code, and a prompt box will pop out to tell you the total number of the worksheets as following screenshot shown:
Show the number of sheets in a workbook with Navigation pane
If you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can obviously view the number of sheets in a workbook with the Navigation pane.
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After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:
1. Click Kutools > Navigation to enable the Navigation pane in left of the worksheet. See screenshot:
2. Then click Workbook & Sheets tab, and then you can view the total number of sheets in the active workbook is shown in the bottom of the pane, also you can view the number of visible and hidden sheets of the workbook. See screenshot:
With Navigation pane, you can toogle between sheets, display all column headers, range names, and add auto texts and so on. Click here to know more details.
Navigation pane -- List and Count All Sheets
Count the number of sheets in a workbook by creating a list of sheets
If you think of above methods are not convenient, I can introduce a round-way for you.
If you have installed Kutools for Excel, you can create a name list of all worksheets, then select them to count in the Status bar.
After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:
1. Enable the workbook you want to count its worksheets, and click Kutools Plus > Worksheet > Create List of Sheet Names. See screenshot:
2. Then in the popping dialog, check Contains a list of hyperlinks option, and for selecting sheet names conviniently, you can display the sheet index in 3 or 4 columns. See screenshot:
3. Click Ok, then a worksheet is created with all sheets’ names before all sheets, and you just need to select these sheet names, and view the counting result at the Status bar.
Actually, these sheet names are linkable, you can click one sheet name, and then quickly link to the relative sheet. And with Create List of Sheet Names, you can create linkable buttons of sheet names by check Contains buttons and macros option . Click here to know more about Create List of Sheet Names.
Create list of Sheet Names
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