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How to zoom all tabs in one size in Excel?

Author: Sun Last Modified: 2024-09-27

By default, the sheets are in 100% zoom, but you can zoom the current tab to a specific size as you need by dragging the zoom Slider. However, how can you zoom all tabs in a workbook to the same size at the same time?
screenshot of zoom

Zoom all tabs in one size by using Ctrl or Shift

Zoom all tabs in one size by VBA


Zoom all tabs in one size by using Ctrl or Shift

To zoom all or some tabs in one size of a workbook, you can select the sheet tabs first, and then zoom them.

Hold Ctrl key to select the sheet tabs whose zoom levels you want to change in bulk, and then drag the zoom slider. See screenshot:
select the sheets by  Ctrl key and then adjust the zoom

Select first tab and the hold Shift key to select the last tab in the Sheet tab bar, then drag zoom slider to change the their zoom levels.
select all sheets by  Shift key and then adjust the zoom

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Zoom all tabs in one size by VBA

If you want to use VBA code to solve it, the following code can help you.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, copy and paste the code to the blank script.

VBA: Shrink or enlarge all tabs in a size

Sub DbZoom()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20171215
    Dim I As Long
    Dim xActSheet As Worksheet
    Set xActSheet = ActiveSheet
    For I = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Count
        Sheets(I).Activate
        ActiveWindow.Zoom = 150
    Next
    xActSheet.Select
End Sub

copy and paste the vba code into the module

3. Press F5 key to run, and all sheet tabs’ zoom levels have been changed to the specified percentage in bulk.

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