Finding your way around an Excel workbook is about to get a lot easier with the arrival of Navigation Pane in Excel 365 for Windows.
Navigation Pane shows each tab, table and other elements in a nested listing for each worksheet.
The Navigation Pane is primarily intended as an accessibility tool but it’s sure to be useful for anyone trying to find their way or understand a workbook.
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The Navigation Pane lists tables, cells and other elements on each sheet. Click on an item to highlight it in the worksheet.
Tables and PivotTables can be renamed, right-click for the Rename option.
Charts and images can be deleted, hidden or renamed.
A very useful part is listing external data connections, though currently just as ‘ExternalData_n’. At least there’s a clue about the source of a particular table.
Search
A simple search will reduce the navigation listing to only matching elements.
Toggle Navigation Pane
On the Excel Status Bar, right-click to select Sheet Number display.
Click on the Sheet Number to toggle the Navigation Pane on/off.
Who gets it?
Navigation Pane is gradually rolling out to Office Insiders starting with Beta Channel v2108 build 14326.20000).
