Application.Worksheets property (Excel)

For an Application object, returns a Sheets collection that represents all the worksheets in the active workbook.

For a Workbook object, returns a Sheets collection that represents all the worksheets in the specified workbook.

Read-only Sheets object.

Syntax

expression.Worksheets

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Remarks

Using this property without an object qualifier returns all the worksheets in the active workbook.

This property doesn't return macro sheets; use the Excel4MacroSheets property or the Excel4IntlMacroSheets property to return those sheets.

Example

This example displays the value in cell A1 on Sheet1 in the active workbook.

MsgBox Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value

This example displays the name of each worksheet in the active workbook.

For Each ws In Worksheets 
 MsgBox ws.Name 
Next ws

This example adds a new worksheet to the active workbook, and then sets the name of the worksheet.

Set newSheet = Worksheets.Add 
newSheet.Name = "current Budget"

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