Navigating within a Sheet and Around a Workbook Navigating within a Sheet and Around a Workbook Location: Home page: Navigating:, Navigating within a Sheet (#withinsheet) Quick Navigation around the sheet Use the name box to the left of the formula bar to get to a specific cell Type A30000 into the namebox. Alternate: Press F5 - type A30000 in Reference - press Enter. Use the name box to the to identify a specific range of cells Type A30000:B30001 into the Name Box.
Apr 26, 2017 - To change text alignment in Excel, select the cell(s) you want to. If you'd like to align data vertically, click one of the following icons. Say, in Microsoft Word; it just moves the pointer to the next cell. First word aligns with the left edge and last word with the right edge of the cell. Apps for Excel for Mac.
To get to the last used cell To get to the last used cell (intersection of the last used row and the last used column) - Ctrl+End To return to Cell A1 To get to the first cell of the worksheet use Ctrl+Home To get to the last entry in Column A Type A65536 into the Name Box then End then UpArrow If there are no intervening blanks in Column A. If there are no intervening blanks in Column A you can get to the last used cell in the column using one of the following from a cell in Column A:.
Ctrl+DnArrow. End then DnArrow. double click on the bottom border of a cell Some macros for quick naviation See some macros on my page. Generic macro personal.xls!GotoTopOfCurrentColumn generic macro personal.xls!GotoBottomofCurrentColumn Mouse Clicking for Navigation double-clicking the border of a cell, you will see a the cursor change from a white cross to a pointer. Double-click on a border in the direction you want to move, same as End+ArrowKey You will find more information in Excel HELP (F1) - index - move - move or copy cells Mouse operations are poorly documented and poorly indexed in HELP, for more mouse operations see on my Fill-Handle page. Navigation to specific cells as in a Worksheet 'Down' is the normal direction that one goes after hitting Enter. You can change this with Tools, Options, Edit, Move Cell after Enter: (Up/right/down/left).
To restrict entry to Column A or to other specific cells you can use Cell Protection. Restricting Navigation by using Protected Cells Cells are protected by default, but not effective until you protect the sheet. So you just have to unlock the cells in column A then protect the sheet. Select Column A Format, Cells, Protection, uncheck Locked (both unchecked) Tools, Protect Sheet Note: The TAB key will take you to A1 if you attempt to go beyond the used range. You can unprotect any cell that you want to help with navigation.
You might want to color code cells that can or cannot be entered into. To help you identify such cells you can use Edit, GoTo, Special, and choose something like formulas, or blank cells, depending on which you want to color.
Navigation with the TAB key will be across the row, skipping any protected cell, and when it can't go further on a row it skips down to the next row and looks for a protected cell (repeat as necssary). Navigation can be provided by the following or combinations of. Unprotected cells among other cells with protection and locked. Selection: selections need not be contiguous or in order B20, C20, E20, F20, H20, N27, O27, P27, m34, B21 Problem is if you break the selection by not tabbing to the next cell in selection. Event macro to guide you after change Event or after a selection Change event.
Restricting Navigation to Columns A, B, C using an Event Macro Another way to restrict Navigation is with an. Private Sub WorksheetSelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) If Target.Column 3 Then ActiveCell.Offset(1, 1 - Target.Column).Select End If End Sub You could set a cell to be checked within the macro to ignore the jump to next row so you could do some maintenance. You would use the RtArrow key though you could change the direction of the Enter key from Down to Right.
Use of the TAB key as mentioned before would take you to A1 if you attempt to go outside the used range. Navigation to Another Sheet (#anothersheet) Some VBA Code Sheets('My Sheet').Select Sheets('My Other Sheet').Activate Some additional code snippets in Shortcut keys Ctrl+PageUp and Ctrl+PageDN to go sequentially backward or forward through the tabs. A programming equivalent with a pair of macros and their toolbar buttons that I find easier to use because I can just use the mouse. Navigating to Previous, Next, or specific sheet (#navigate) You can right click on the sheet tab navigation arrow for a menu of worksheet tabs. The programming equivalent of bringing up the 'More Sheets' (thanks to Chip Pearson) is Navigation to a Sheetname (#MoreSheets) Toolbar Button Assignment I created for use in navigating in XL2000 Hyperlinks, Back (Alt+LeftArrow) and Forward (Alt+RightArrow) buttons: If you used a hyperlink to switch to another sheet or to another cell you can use your web browser's BACK and FORWARD buttons which you can install on your toolbar with Tools, Customize, Commands (tab), Category: Web.
More information on Hyperlinks in (throughout) Along the lines of having a hyperlink would be an event macro to double click on a cell with the sheetname and have the macro take you to the sheet - without using a hyperlink on the sheet. See GoToSheet macro in Something similar as an that you double click on a cell that shows the sheetname. The Event macro activates from the sheet it is installed in.
You will not get the Back and Forward advantage of a hyperlink. Private Sub WorksheetBeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean) Cancel = True 'Get out of edit mode Worksheets(Trim(Target.Value)).Activate End Sub Navigating to Code in the Visual Basic Editor (#VBE) personal.xls!MacroDialogBox (on ).