How to display the Selection Pane in Microsoft Excel?

The Selection Pane in Excel is a handy tool for managing pictures and other objects within your worksheets. It allows you to easily show, hide, and reorder these elements. This article provides practical tips on how to access and use the Selection Pane in Microsoft Excel, enhancing your ability to organize and control the visual components of your spreadsheets.

Use the Selection Pane command in Excel Ribbon

Quickly display Selection Pane with Kutools for Excel

Selection Pane command in Excel Ribbon

If you want to display the Selection Pane in Excel, you just need to click Home > Finde & Select > Selection Pane. See screenshot:

You can close the Selection and Visibility pane by clicking the x button at the top-right corner of this pane.

Quickly display Selection Pane with Kutools for Excel

Kutools for Excel's View Options tool will help you quickly display the Selection Pane conveniently.

Step 1: Please apply this utility by clicking Kutools > View > View Options. See screenshot:

step 2: In the View Options dialog box, check the Selection Pane option. See screenshot

The view Options of Kutools for Excel makes it possible to show or hide most Microsoft Excel settings quickly, such as Inner Tabs, Formula Bar, Status Bar, Windows in Taskbar, Gridlines, Page Breaks, Display Zeros, Vertical Scroll Bar, Horizontal Scrollbar, Sheet Tab, … etc. It will save you time in looking for these settings when you need to show or hide them. Click to know more about this View Options feature.

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