Stop using so many tabs in Microsoft Excel

Fragmenting your data across many Excel tabs is a common habit that silently kills file performance, introduces hidden errors, and turns reporting into a tedious chore. Here’s why you need to stop.

Navigating multiple tabs is frustrating

The more Excel worksheets you have, the longer it takes to find the data you need.

The user interface for navigating worksheets is very clunky. Indeed, you can’t use the mouse scroll wheel to quickly jump between the sheets—you have to click the tiny navigation arrows repeatedly. Even if you maximize the tab area, Excel only allows you to view a handful of tabs at once, diverting your attention from your data and breaking your concentration and workflow. The fastest way to navigate between sheets is Ctrl+PgDn and Ctrl+PgUp, but this still forces you to cycle through many sheets.

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