View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (2024)

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In Excel for Mac, you can split a sheet into panes or use windows to view multiple sheets or multiple workbooks.

Split a sheet into panes

You can view two areas of a sheet by splitting it into pane. When you split a sheet into separate panes, you can scroll in both panes independently.

  1. Select below the row where you want the split, or the column to the right of where you want the split.

  2. On the View tab, in the Window group, click Split.

    1. To remove the split panes, click Split again.

View multiple sheets in one workbook

  1. Open the workbook that you want to view.

  2. On the Window menu, click New Window.

  3. Switch to the new window, and then click the tab for the sheet that you want to view.

    Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each sheet that you want to view.

  4. On the Window menu, click Arrange.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To arrange windows

    So that they appear like this

    Click

    As equally sized, tiled squares

    View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (1)

    Tiled

    Horizontally from top to bottom

    View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (2)

    Horizontal

    Vertically from right to left

    View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (3)

    Vertical

    In an overlapping cascade from top to bottom

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    Cascade

  6. Select the Windows of active workbook check box.

View multiple workbooks

  1. Open all the workbooks that you want to view.

  2. On the Window menu, click Arrange.

  3. Do one of the following:

    To arrange windows

    So that they appear like this

    Click

    As equally sized, tiled squares

    View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (5)

    Tiled

    Horizontally from top to bottom

    View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (6)

    Horizontal

    Vertically from right to left

    View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (7)

    Vertical

    In an overlapping cascade from top to bottom

    View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (8)

    Cascade

Tip:To restore a workbook window to full size, select the workbook, and then on the Window menu, click Zoom.

See also

Freeze panes to lock the first row or column

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View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks (2024)

FAQs

How do I view multiple panes in Excel? ›

View multiple panes, sheets, or workbooks
  1. Select below the row where you want the split, or the column to the right of where you want the split.
  2. On the View tab, in the Window group, click Split. To remove the split panes, click Split again.

How can you view multiple worksheets? ›

View multiple worksheets at the same time
  1. Click a worksheet that you want to view.
  2. On the View tab, in the Window group, click New Window.
  3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each sheet that you want to view.

How do I view multiple workbooks? ›

On the View tab, in the Window group, click View Side by Side (by default, Synchronous Scrolling is activated), to scroll both workbooks at the same time.

Why is it important to use multiple worksheets in a workbook? ›

For example, consider the following ways multiple worksheets in a workbook can help with keeping data organized: A workbook with monthly sales figure with each year on a different worksheet. A workbook with mailing lists for weekly flyers on one worksheet and coupon mailings on another.

How do I view all sheets in Excel? ›

Locate the scroll arrows in the lower-left corner of the Excel window. Right-click on or near the scroll arrows, as shown below. A dialog box will appear that lists all the sheets in your workbook. Double-click on the sheet that you want to switch to.

Can you view multiple sheets in Excel at once? ›

View multiple worksheets at the same time

If the worksheets that you want to view are in the same workbook, do the following: Click a worksheet that you want to view. On the View tab, in the Window group, click New Window. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each sheet that you want to view.

How do I view multiple worksheets in vertical arrangement? ›

To change the default composition, click the Arrange All button on the View tab. In the Arrange Windows dialog box, select Vertical to place the sheets next to each other.

How do you compare two Excel sheets and show differences? ›

Open the workbooks you want to compare. Go to the View tab, Window group, and click the View Side by Side button. That's it!

What is the benefit of working with multiple worksheets? ›

Data organization: Keeping all of the data in one workbook makes it easier to organize and structure the data, as you can create multiple sheets within the workbook to separate and organize different types of data.

What is the benefit of multiple worksheets? ›

You can quickly perform tasks on multiple worksheets at the same time by grouping worksheets together. If you group a set of worksheets, any changes you make on one worksheet are made in all the other worksheets in the group in the exact same location on the worksheets.

Why do we need to merge worksheets answers? ›

Answer: it saves our lot of time any change we made in a worksheet can be seen on other at same time it enhances the content that we put in a worksheet because multiple users can give their suggestions a make content more enhanced.

Can you view 2 tabs side by side in Excel? ›

On the View tab, in the Window group, click New Window. This will open another window of the same workbook. On the View tab, in the Window group, click View Side by Side.

How do I extend Excel to two screens? ›

You can add a second window using View / New Window, then drag one window to your second monitor. Then choose "View Side by Side" and choose the other window of your workbook, position your data where you want it in each window, and then choose Synchronous Scrolling. Was this reply helpful?

How do I expand sheet tabs in Excel? ›

To resize the worksheet tabs in Excel to display more or fewer tabs, you can adjust the tab scrolling settings. Here is how you can do it: Right-click on any of the worksheet tabs at the bottom of the Excel window. In the context menu that appears, select "Tab scrolling buttons" to open the Tab scrolling buttons menu.

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