Add new excel worksheet

Insert a worksheet

  • Select the New Sheet plus icon Select at the bottom of the workbook.

  • Or, select Home > Insert > Insert Sheet.

    Insert Cells

Rename a worksheet

  • Double-click the sheet name on the Sheet tab to quickly rename it.

  • Or, right-click on the Sheet tab, click Rename, and type a new name.

Move a worksheet

  • To move the tab to the end, right-click the Sheet tab then Move or Copy > (move to end) > OK .

  • Or, click and drag to tab to any spot.

Delete a worksheet

  • Right-click the Sheet tab and select DeleteDelete.

  • Or, select the sheet, and then select Home > Delete > Delete Sheet.

    Delete

Note: Sheet tabs are displayed by default. If you don’t see them, click Options > Advanced > Display options for this workbook > Show Sheet tabs.

To insert a new worksheet, do one of the following:

  • To quickly insert a new worksheet at the end of the existing worksheets, click the Insert Worksheet tab at the bottom of the screen.

    Sheet tabs

  • To insert a new worksheet in front of an existing worksheet, select that worksheet and then, on the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Insert, and then click Insert Sheet.

    The Cells group on the Home tab

    Tip: You can also right-click the tab of an existing worksheet, and then click Insert. On the General tab, click Worksheet, and then click OK.

    Note: To change the order of the worksheets in a workbook, click the tab of the worksheet that you want to move, and then drag it to the location that you want.

What do you want to do?

  • Insert multiple worksheets at the same time

  • Change the default number of worksheets in a new workbook

  • Insert a new sheet that is based on a custom template

  • Rename a worksheet

  • Delete one or more worksheets

Insert multiple worksheets at the same time

  1. Hold down SHIFT, and then select the same number of existing sheet tabs of the worksheets that you want to insert in the open workbook.

    For example, if you want to add three new worksheets, select three sheet tabs of existing worksheets.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Insert, and then click Insert Sheet.

    The Cells group on the Home tab

    Tip: You can also right-click the selected sheet tabs, and then click Insert. On the General tab, click Worksheet, and then click OK.

  3. To change the order of the worksheets in a workbook, click the tab of the worksheet that you want to move, and then drag it to the location that you want.

Change the default number of worksheets in a new workbook

  1. Click the File tab.

    What and where is the Microsoft Backstage Button?

    For more information about the Microsoft Backstage Button, see What and where is the Backstage?

  2. Under Excel, click Options.

  3. In the General category, under When creating new workbooks, in the Include this many sheets box, enter the number of sheets that you want to include by default when you create a new workbook.

  4. Click any other tab to return to your file.

Insert a new sheet that is based on a custom template

  1. If needed, create the worksheet template that you want to base a new worksheet on.

    How to create a worksheet template

    1. Select the worksheet that you want to use as a template.

    2. Click the File tab.

    3. Under Info, click Save As.

    4. In the File name box, type the name of the worksheet template.

      • To create a custom worksheet template, type the file name that you want to use.

      • To create the default worksheet template, type sheet.

        Note: Custom templates are automatically saved in the Templates folder. The default worksheet template, sheet.xltx or sheet.xltm, should be saved in the XLStart folder, which is usually C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice14XLStart.

    5. Do one of the following:

      • On a computer that is running Windows Vista, in the list, click Excel Template or Excel Macro-Enabled Template.

      • On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP, in the Save as type box, click Excel Template or Excel Macro-Enabled Template.

    6. Click Save.

  2. Right-click the sheet tab of a worksheet, and then click Insert.

  3. Double-click the template for the type of sheet that you want.

Rename a worksheet

  1. On the Sheet tab bar, right-click the sheet tab that you want to rename, and then click Rename Sheet.

    Sheet tabs with Sheet2 selected

  2. Select the current name, and then type the new name.

    Tip: You can include the name of the sheet when you print the worksheet.

    How to print sheet names

    1. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Header & Footer.

    2. In the Page Layout View, click the location where you want the sheet name to appear.

    3. In the Header & Footer elements group, click Sheet Name Button image.

Delete one or more worksheets

  1. Select the worksheet or worksheets that you want to delete.

    Tip: When multiple worksheets are selected, [Group] appears in the title bar at the top of the worksheet. To cancel a selection of multiple worksheets in a workbook, click any unselected worksheet. If no unselected sheet is visible, right-click the tab of a selected sheet, and then click Ungroup Sheets on the shortcut menu.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Sheet.

    The Cells group on the Home tab

    Tip: You can also right-click the sheet tab of a worksheet or a sheet tab of any selected worksheets that you want to delete, and then click Delete Sheet.

A worksheet is a sheet in a workbook. The workbook is the name of an Excel file, and that workbook contains one or more worksheets.

The worksheet is a single page inside a file designed with an electronic spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel. The worksheet is used to accumulate data or to work with data. We all know that we cannot work on a single worksheet in Excel as it has a limited number of cells, rows, and columns. Therefore, we need to have multiple worksheets with a big database.

We also need to know how to insert a new worksheet in excel on the existing worksheet. Again, this has been explained above through various examples.

Table of contents
  • Insert New Worksheet In Excel
    • How to Insert a New Worksheet in Excel?
    • Example #1 – Shortcut Keys for Insert New Worksheet In Excel
      • Alt + Shift Shortcut #1
      • Shift + F11 Shortcut #2
    • Example #2 – To Insert a New Worksheet Using the Mouse
    • Example #3
    • Example #4
    • Things to Remember in Insert a New Worksheets in Excel
    • Recommended Articles

How to Insert a New Worksheet in Excel?

We have learned these ways to insert a worksheet into an excel file:

  1. Using Excel Shortcut KeysAn Excel shortcut is a technique of performing a manual task in a quicker way.read more.
  2. Using Insert Tab

There are multiple ways to insert a new worksheet in excel. Inserting a new worksheet is quite simple.

Let us discuss it one by one with a few examples.

Example #1 – Shortcut Keys for Insert New Worksheet In Excel

There are two shortcut keys to insert a new worksheet in Excel, They are:

Alt + Shift Shortcut #1

  1. Click on the ALT button from the keyboard hold it.
  2. Now click on the Shift button from the keyboard hold it along with the ALT button.
  3. Click on the F1 key from the keyboard then release it.
  4. Now release the alt and shift keys.

    Now, we will add a new worksheet to an open workbook.

Shift + F11 Shortcut #2

Step #1 – Click on the ‘SHIFT” button from the keyboard.

Step #2 – Click on the ‘F11’ key from the keyboard & release it.

Step #3 – Now release the “shift” key.

Now, we will add a new worksheet to an open workbook.

Example #2 – To Insert a New Worksheet Using the Mouse

Step #1 – We will find a “+” sign at the bottom of the sheet highlighted in dark red in a workbook.

Insert New Worksheet Example 1

Step #2 – Click on the “+” sign to insert a new worksheet in Excel, as shown below.

Insert New Worksheet Example 1-1

Example #3

There is another way to insert a new worksheet in Excel. Let us understand it with an example.

Step #1 – Open a new workbook, as shown below.

Insert New Worksheet Example 2

Step #2 – Now, right-click on the existing sheet named as ‘Sheet1’ by default

Insert New Worksheet Example 2-1

Step #3 – From the above image, click on the “INSERT” option to insert anything. Then, you will get a pop-up, as shown below.

Insert New Worksheet Example 2-2

Step #4 – Now, select the “Worksheet” option to insert a new worksheet and click on the “OK” button.

Insert New Worksheet Example 2-3

From the above image, we can see the second sheet, named “Sheet 2.” By default, this is the sheet inserted by us using the third procedure.

Example #4

Let us see a new way to insert a new worksheet in Excel, which is another easy and simplest way to insert a worksheet. In this procedure, we will use the “INSERT” option available in the Ribbon bar of an excel.Ribbons in Excel 2016 are designed to help you easily locate the command you want to use. Ribbons are organized into logical groups called Tabs, each of which has its own set of functions.read more

Let us understand it with the help of an example.

Step #1 – Open a new workbook, as shown below.

Insert New Worksheet Example 3

Step #2 – Click on the ‘Home’ tab available in the Ribbon bar of a workbook.

Insert New Worksheet Example 3-1

Step #3 – We may find an “Insert” tab on the right side of a ribbon bar under the “Home” tab.

Insert New Worksheet Example 3-2

Step #4 – Now, click on the “Insert” icon available on the right side of the ribbon bar to open a drop-down list of options to be selected.

Insert New Worksheet Example 3-3

Step #5 – We will find an “Insert Sheet” option available at the end of the drop-down list.

Insert New Worksheet Example 3-4

Step #6 – Click on the “Insert Sheet” option available at the end of the drop-down list to insert a new worksheet in Excel, as shown below.

Insert New Worksheet Example 3-5

The above figure shows that the second sheet named “Sheet2” has been added to a workbook.

Things to Remember in Insert a New Worksheets in Excel

  1. A workbook can contain 255 Worksheets.
  2. A workbook may be slow to use with many worksheets and formulas.

Recommended Articles

This article is a guide to Insert New Worksheet In Excel. Here, we discuss inserting a new worksheet in Excel using shortcut keys and practical examples. You may learn more about Excel from the following articles: –

  • Protect Sheet in VBAVBA Protect Sheet is an In-built function that protects the worksheet with a password & prohibits the users from editing, deleting, or moving the contained data. read more
  • Rows and Columns in ExcelA cell is the intersection of rows and columns. Rows and columns make the software that is called excel. The area of excel worksheet is divided into rows and columns and at any point in time, if we want to refer a particular location of this area, we need to refer a cell.read more
  • Group Worksheets In ExcelGrouping gives the best results to users when the same type of data is presented in the cells of the same addresses. Grouping also improves the accuracy of data and eliminates the error made by a human in performing the calculations.read more
  • Protect Sheet in ExcelWhen we don’t want any other user to make changes to our worksheet, we can use the Protect worksheet feature in Excel. It can be found in Excel’s Review tab. read more

Working with MS Excel means working in the worksheets in Excel.

A worksheet is an area that has all the cells where you can store data, enter formulas, insert charts and create reports and dashboards.

When you open a new Excel workbook file, by default there is only one worksheet. Earlier versions of Excel (2013 or 2016 used to have 3 worksheets by default)

There are some simple shortcuts and techniques that you can use to quickly insert new worksheets in the same workbook in Excel.

In this tutorial, I will show you a couple of methods that you can use to insert a new worksheet in the same workbook (one at a time).

I will also show you a method to quickly insert worksheets in bulk, in case you want to add 5, 10, or 20 worksheets in one go (using a simple VBA code).

So let’s get started!

Keyboard Shortcut to Insert a New Worksheet

If you are a fan of keyboard shortcuts, this is probably the fastest way to insert a new worksheet in an already open workbook in excel.

Below is the keyboard shortcut to insert a new worksheet

SHIFT + F11

For this shortcut, hold the SHIFT key and then press the F11 key.

Another keyboard shortcut that does the same job is ALT + SHIFT + F1 (hold the ALT and the SHIFT keys and press the F1 key)

Personally, I find using the keyboard shortcut to be the best way to insert a new worksheet in Excel. Even if I have to insert multiple worksheets (say 3 or 5 or 10), I can still do that very quickly

Insert New Sheet Using the Plus Icon

If you’re not a big fan of keyboard shortcuts and prefer using the mouse instead, this method is for you.

At the bottom of your worksheet (in the area that has all the sheet names), you will see the plus icon.

Click the Plus icon to add a new sheet

Clicking on this plus icon will immediately insert a new worksheet.

Insert New Sheet Using the Insert Dialog Box

Another way to insert a new sheet in Excel is by using the Insert dialog box.

Below are the steps to do this:

  1. Right-click on any of the sheets
  2. Click the Insert option
Right click and then click on Insert Sheet
  1. In the Insert dialog box, make sure Worksheet is already selected (which is also the default option).
Make Sure Worksheet is Selected in the Insert dialog box
  1. Click on Ok

While this is not the fastest way to add a new sheet in an Excel workbook, it’s good to know as it gives you access to some other things as well.

Apart from inserting a regular worksheet, you can also use this to insert a ‘Chart Sheet’ or a ‘Macro Sheet’ using the insert dialog box.

If you’re wondering, a Chart Sheet is just like a worksheet but is meant only to hold a chart. A macro sheet is something that was used earlier before the VBA days and is no longer used.

In most cases, you won’t be needing these, but it’s good to know.

There is also the Spreadsheet Solutions tab that holds some of the templates. You can also create and get your own templates here. So the next time you need to quickly insert a template, you can do it from here.

Adding New Worksheets Using the Insert Tab in the Ribbon

And finally, you also have an option in the Excel ribbon to add a new worksheet.

To do this:

  1. Click the Home tab
Click the Home tab
  1. In the Cells group, click on the Insert option
Click on Insert
  1. Click on the Insert Sheet option.
Click on Insert Sheet

This will insert one new worksheet in the open workbook

How to Insert Multiple Worksheets in One Go (One Line VBA Code)

So far, the methods that I have shown you insert one new worksheet at a time.

In case you want to insert multiple worksheets, you would have to use these methods again and again (i.e., use the keyboard shortcuts multiple times or use the plus icon multiple times).

While this works fine in most cases, if you have to insert worksheets in bulk, saying so 10 or 20 or 30 worksheets in one go, then this could be time-consuming and error-prone.

So let me show you a better way to insert multiple new worksheets in one go.

This can be done easily using a simple one-line VBA code:

Sheets.Add Count:=10

The above code would instantly add 10 new sheets in the workbook in which it’s run (if you want any other number of sheets to be added, just change the value in the code)

Below are the steps to run this macro code:

  1. Click the Developer tab (or use the keyboard shortcut ALT + F11) and then click on Visual Basic
Click the Visual Basic icon in the Developer tab
  1. If you don’t see the immediate window in the VB Editor, click on the View option and then click on Immediate window
Click the View tab and then click on Immediate window
  1. Copy and paste the above code in the immediate window
Copy the line of code in the Immediate window
  1. Place the cursor at the end of the VBA code line and hit Enter

As soon as you hit Enter, it would instantly insert 10 new sheets in the workbook. In case you want to insert more (say 20 or 30), just change the number in the code

The good thing about using this code is that you can be sure that it would insert the right number of sheets (no chance of human error if the code is executed without any errors).

In case you need to do this quite often, you can use the below code and paste it into our Personal Macro workbook.

Sub AddSheets()
Sheets.Add Count:=10
End Sub

Once in Personal Macro Workbook, you can add it to the Quick Access Toolbar so you always have access to it in the workbook.

This way, you can easily add 10 or 20 sheets with just a single click.

Changing the Default Number of Sheets with New Excel Workbooks

If you always have a need for more worksheets in the workbook, you can change the default number of sheets you get when you open a new Excel file.

For example, you can change the setting so that you always get 5 or 10 sheets by default with every newly opened workbook.

Below are the steps to change this default setting:

  1. Open any Excel workbook
  2. Click the File tab
Click the File tab
  1. Click on Options. This will open the Excel Options dialog box
  2. In the Excel Options dialog box, make sure the General option is selected in the left-pane
Click on General
  1. In the ‘When creating new workooks’ section, enter the number of sheets you want (in the Include this many sheets value).
Include this many sheets option
  1. Click OK

Now when you open a new Excel workbook, it will have the specified number of worksheets.

Note that an Excel file can have a maximum of 255 sheets.

These are all the ways you can use to insert a new sheet in Excel. In most cases, you only need to add one or a couple of new sheets, so you can use the keyboard shortcut or the plus icon in the worksheet.

And in case you have a need to insert many new sheets in bulk, you can use the VBA code. Alternatively, you can also change the default number of sheets in any new Excel workbook.

I hope you found this tutorial useful!

Other Excel tutorials you may also like:

  • How to Delete Sheets in Excel (Shortcuts + VBA)
  • How to Rename a Sheet in Excel (4 Easy Ways + Shortcut)
  • How to Print Excel Sheet on One Page (Fit to One Page)
  • How to Group Worksheets in Excel (Step-by-Step)
  • How to Compare Two Excel Sheets (for differences)
  • How to Move Chart to New Sheet in Excel?
  • Count Sheets in Excel (using VBA)

Создание, копирование, перемещение и удаление рабочих листов Excel с помощью кода VBA. Методы Sheets.Add, Worksheet.Copy, Worksheet.Move и Worksheet.Delete.

Создание новых листов

Создание новых рабочих листов осуществляется с помощью метода Sheets.Add.

Синтаксис метода Sheets.Add

expression.Add [Before, After, Count, Type]

где expression — переменная, представляющая собой объект Sheet.

Компоненты метода Sheets.Add

  • Before* — необязательный параметр типа данных Variant, указывающий на лист, перед которым будет добавлен новый.
  • After* — необязательный параметр типа данных Variant, указывающий на лист, после которого будет добавлен новый.
  • Count — необязательный параметр типа данных Variant, указывающий, сколько листов будет добавлено (по умолчанию — 1).
  • Type — необязательный параметр типа данных Variant, указывающий тип листа: xlWorksheet** (рабочий лист) или xlChart (диаграмма), по умолчанию — xlWorksheet.

*Если Before и After не указаны, новый лист, по умолчанию, будет добавлен перед активным листом.

**Для создания рабочего листа (xlWorksheet) можно использовать метод Worksheets.Add, который для создания диаграмм уже не подойдет.

Примеры создания листов

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‘Создание рабочего листа:

Sheets.Add

Worksheets.Add

ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Add After:=ActiveSheet, Count:=2

Workbooks(«Книга1.xlsm»).Sheets.Add After:=Лист1

Workbooks(«Книга1.xlsm»).Sheets.Add After:=Worksheets(1)

Workbooks(«Книга1.xlsm»).Sheets.Add After:=Worksheets(«Лист1»)

‘Создание нового листа с заданным именем:

Workbooks(«Книга1.xlsm»).Sheets.Add.Name = «Мой новый лист»

‘Создание диаграммы:

Sheets.Add Type:=xlChart

‘Добавление нового листа перед

‘последним листом рабочей книги

Sheets.Add Before:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)

‘Добавление нового листа в конец

Sheets.Add After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)

  • Лист1 в After:=Лист1 — это уникальное имя листа, указанное в проводнике редактора VBA без скобок.
  • Лист1 в After:=Worksheets(«Лист1») — это имя на ярлыке листа, указанное в проводнике редактора VBA в скобках.

Создаваемый лист можно присвоить объектной переменной:

Dim myList As Object

‘В активной книге

Set myList = Worksheets.Add

‘В книге «Книга1.xlsm»

Set myList = Workbooks(«Книга1.xlsm»).Worksheets.Add

‘Работаем с переменной

myList.Name = «Listok1»

myList.Cells(1, 1) = myList.Name

‘Очищаем переменную

Set myList = Nothing

Если создаваемый лист присваивается объектной переменной, он будет помещен перед активным листом. Указать дополнительные параметры невозможно.

Копирование листов

Копирование рабочих листов осуществляется с помощью метода Worksheet.Copy.

Синтаксис метода Worksheet.Copy

expression.Copy [Before, After]

где expression — переменная, представляющая собой объект Worksheet.

Компоненты метода Worksheet.Copy

  • Before* — необязательный параметр типа данных Variant, указывающий на лист, перед которым будет добавлена копия.
  • After* — необязательный параметр типа данных Variant, указывающий на лист, после которого будет добавлена копия.

*Если Before и After не указаны, Excel создаст новую книгу и поместит копию листа в нее. Если скопированный лист содержит код в проекте VBA (в модуле листа), он тоже будет перенесен в новую книгу.

Примеры копирования листов

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‘В пределах активной книги

‘(уникальные имена листов)

Лист1.Copy After:=Лист2

‘В пределах активной книги

‘(имена листов на ярлычках)

Worksheets(«Лист1»).Copy Before:=Worksheets(«Лист2»)

‘Вставить копию в конец

Лист1.Copy After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)

‘Из одной книги в другую

Workbooks(«Книга1.xlsm»).Worksheets(«Лист1»).Copy _

After:=Workbooks(«Книга2.xlsm»).Worksheets(«Лист1»)

‘Один лист активной книги в новую книгу

Лист1.Copy

‘Несколько листов активной книги в новую книгу*

Sheets(Array(«Лист1», «Лист2», «Лист3»)).Copy

‘Все листы книги с кодом в новую книгу

ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Copy

* Если при копировании в новую книгу нескольких листов хотя бы один лист содержит умную таблицу — копирование невозможно. Один лист, содержащий умную таблицу, копируется в новую книгу без проблем.

Если рабочие книги указаны как элементы коллекции Workbooks, в том числе ActiveWorkbook и ThisWorkbook, листы нужно указывать как элементы коллекции Worksheets, использование уникальных имен вызовет ошибку.

Перемещение листов

Перемещение рабочих листов осуществляется с помощью метода Worksheet.Move.

Синтаксис метода Worksheet.Move

expression.Move [Before, After]

где expression — переменная, представляющая собой объект Worksheet.

Компоненты метода Worksheet.Move

  • Before* — необязательный параметр типа данных Variant, указывающий на лист, перед которым будет размещен перемещаемый лист.
  • After* — необязательный параметр типа данных Variant, указывающий на лист, после которого будет размещен перемещаемый лист.

*Если Before и After не указаны, Excel создаст новую книгу и переместит лист в нее.

Примеры перемещения листов

Простые примеры перемещения листов:

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‘В пределах активной книги

‘(уникальные имена листов)

Лист1.Move After:=Лист2

‘В пределах активной книги

‘(имена листов на ярлычках)

Worksheets(«Лист1»).Move Before:=Worksheets(«Лист2»)

‘Размещение после последнего листа:

Лист1.Move After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)

‘Из одной книги в другую

Workbooks(«Книга1.xlsm»).Worksheets(«Лист1»).Move _

After:=Workbooks(«Книга2.xlsm»).Worksheets(«Лист1»)

‘В новую книгу

Лист1.Move

Если рабочие книги указаны как элементы коллекции Workbooks, в том числе ActiveWorkbook и ThisWorkbook, листы нужно указывать как элементы коллекции Worksheets, использование уникальных имен вызовет ошибку.

Перемещение листа «Лист4» в позицию перед листом, указанным как по порядковому номеру, так и по имени ярлыка:

Sub Peremeshcheniye()

Dim x

x = InputBox(«Введите имя или номер листа», «Перемещение листа «Лист4»»)

If IsNumeric(x) Then x = CLng(x)

Sheets(«Лист4»).Move Before:=Sheets(x)

End Sub

Удаление листов

Удаление рабочих листов осуществляется с помощью метода Worksheet.Delete

Синтаксис метода Worksheet.Delete

expression.Delete

где expression — переменная, представляющая собой объект Worksheet.

Примеры удаления листов

‘По уникальному имени

Лист1.Delete

‘По имени на ярлычке

Worksheets(«Лист1»).Delete

‘По индексу листа

Worksheets(1).Delete

‘В другой книге

Workbooks(«Книга1.xlsm»).Worksheets(«Лист1»).Delete

Если рабочие книги указаны как элементы коллекции Workbooks, в том числе ActiveWorkbook и ThisWorkbook, листы нужно указывать как элементы коллекции Worksheets, использование уникальных имен вызовет ошибку.

Как обратиться к рабочему листу, переименовать, скрыть или отобразить его с помощью кода VBA Excel, смотрите в этой статье.

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Insert New Worksheet in Excel (Table of Contents)

  • Insert New Worksheet in Excel
  • Modify Default Number of Worksheets
  • Insert New Worksheet in Existing Workbook

Insert New Worksheet in Excel

When you open an excel workbook, how many worksheets can you see? Maybe you have not realized how many you see by default.

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If there are no modifications in settings by default, Excel will give you 3 worksheets named Sheet 1, Sheet 2, and Sheet3, as shown in the below image.

Insert New Worksheet Example 1-1

In this article, I will show you ways of adding new worksheets in excel, how to modify the number of worksheets when you open a new excel workbook, how to change the color, theme, etc… in this article.

Open New Workbook from your Computer

Let me start with opening a new workbook in excel. For this article, I am using Excel 2010, and the operating windows are Windows 10.

Step 1: In your computer’s search box, type excel; it will show you the excel app in your computer.

Step 2: Click on the Excel version app on your computer.

Excel version Example 1-2

Step 3: If any of the workbooks are already open, you will directly see a new workbook and a total of 3 worksheets.

Insert New Worksheet Example 1-1

Now we will see how to modify the number of worksheets by default.

Modify Default Number of Worksheets

Now we have seen default excel can give us 3 worksheets in the new workbook. However, if you are not satisfied with the number of worksheets, in the first go itself, excel offers you to modify a number of worksheets as per your wish. Follow the below steps to modify your excel settings.

Step 1: Go to FILE.

Step 2: Under FILE, go to OPTIONS.

OPTIONS Example 1-3

Step 3: Select GENERAL Excel Options and select Include this many sheets. Here you can insert up to 255 worksheets when the new workbook is inserted. It is highly unlikely we use 255 worksheets. I have limited my worksheets to 6.

Step 4: Click on Ok to complete the process.

Include this many sheets Example 1-4

Step 5: Now open a new workbook and see the magic.

The shortcut key is Ctrl + N to open a new workbook when at least one excel workbook is already open.

I have 6 worksheets instead of the regular 3 worksheets when the new workbook is inserted. This modification is applicable for all the workbooks going forward.

Insert New Worksheet Example 1-5

Insert New Worksheet in Existing Workbook

Now we have learned how to modify the number of worksheets when we open a new workbook. Now we will concentrate on ways of inserting a new worksheet in the existing workbook.

Assume you are working in a workbook and you have 3 worksheets already. Now you have to insert one more worksheet for the new month sales; you can insert a new worksheet manually and use a shortcut key.

Insert New Worksheet in Excel Manually – Method 1

Step 1: Right-click on any of the worksheet.

Insert New Worksheet Example 2-1

Step 2: Select the Insert option, and you will see below the window. Select Worksheet as the option.

Insert New Worksheet Example 2-2

Step 3: Since I have right-clicked on the worksheet Mar now, I have a worksheet on the left of the Mar worksheet.

Insert New Worksheet Example 2-3

Step 4: Now, you can rename this worksheet by double-clicking on the sheet name.

Insert New Worksheet Example 2-4

Insert Worksheet Manually – Method 2

If you think the previous step was a bit lengthy and time to consume, you can choose this one. This is as easy as you like.

After all the worksheet, you will see the Plus (+) icon.

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Click on this Plus icon to insert a new sheet. This will insert the worksheet to the right of the active worksheet.

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Insert Worksheet Manually – Method 3

We have one more way of creating a new worksheet manually. This is also a simple one but of a manual process.

Go to the HOME tab and Find the Insert button under the HOME tab.

Now select the Insert Sheet option.

Insert New Worksheet Example 3-3

This will insert the new worksheet to the left of the active worksheet.

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Using Shortcut Key – Method 4

We can also Insert New Worksheet in Excel by using the shortcut key Shift + F11

Enough of manual methods in excel to Insert New Worksheet in the existing workbook. Yes, the manual process is a frustrating one, and that is why we have the shortcut key to insert very quickly.

Press the keys Shift + F11 key together; it will insert a new worksheet to the left of the active worksheet.

Shift + F11 key Example 3-5
Create a Copy of Existing Worksheet as New Worksheet

If you are working on the worksheet and need a replica of the worksheet you are working on, you can create a replica of the sheet.

Assume your current worksheet name is Mar. Hold the Ctrl key and drag the worksheet to the right side; you will have a replica of the worksheet.

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Replica Sheet Example 3-7

Things to Remember About Insert New Worksheet in Excel

  • In order to insert multiple sheets once, you need to select those sheets which you want to insert and click the shortcut key.
  • Insert New Worksheet in Excel is a feature that automatically adjusts the width or height of a cell.
  • To rename the worksheet, double click on the sheet name and type the new name.
  • All the method insert the new worksheet to the left of the active worksheet excel, clicking on the Plus icon button.

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