The other day, I found myself making copies of a templated report worksheet. After trying the usual route of “right click on source sheet, select move or copy, check create a copy and press OK” a few times, I thought “well that is asinine.” So I figured, may be CTRL+Drag will create a copy. And what do you know, it does.
So that is our quick tip for the day. Whenever you need to make a copy of something, simply hold CTRL key and drag the thing.
It works for charts, drawing shapes, worksheets and even ranges. Heck, you can even use it in Windows Explorer to make copies of any files / folders.
Here is a quick demo:
Love to stay in control? Here are few more CTRL shortcuts for you
- Use CTRL+Enter to get same data in to multiple cells
- Jump to active cell with CTRL+Backspace
- CTRL+click to speed up formula entry
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Ciao…
11 Responses to “Use CTRL to make copies of worksheets quickly”
Does anyone know how to avoid creating new copies of named ranges when copying sheets this way (e.g. names that have workbook-wide scope seem to get copies with sheet-specific scope, with no obvious benefit)
whaaaaat. where were you a few days ago :')
Thanks Chandoo!
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Yes,
Quick Way to Copy Sheet.
Thank You.
Thanks Chandoo! Awesome tip 😀
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very good information 🙂
What did you use to record your gif with the on screen keyboard shortcuts?
Hi Chandoo! Its a wonderful tip! I'm aiming to go absolutely mouse free while using excel. I use
Alt + H+O+M+ tab+ space
for the same result
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