# Applying Multiple Sheets

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sheets; inserting
inserting; sheets
sheets; selecting multiple
appending sheets
selecting;multiple sheets
multiple sheets
calculating;multiple sheets
MW moved "sheets;simultaneous.." to edit_multitables.xhp, transferred 2 entries from there and added "calculating;"
Applying Multiple Sheets
Inserting a Sheet
- Choose Insert - Sheet to insert a new sheet or an existing sheet from another file.
Sheet Events
Opens a dialog box where you can assign macros to sheet events.
Tab Color
Opens a window where you can assign a color to the sheet tab.
Click to select all sheets in the document.
Click to deselect all sheets in the document, except the current sheet.
Selecting Multiple Sheets
The sheet tab of the current sheet is always visible in white in front of the other sheet tabs. The other sheet tabs are gray when they are not selected. By clicking other sheet tabs while pressing Command Ctrl you can select multiple sheets.
You can use Shift+Command Ctrl+Page Up or Page Down to select multiple sheets using the keyboard.
Undoing a Selection
To undo the selection of a sheet, click its sheet tab again while pressing the Command Ctrl key. The sheet that is currently visible cannot be removed from the selection.
Calculating Across Multiple Sheets
You can refer to a range of sheets in a formula by specifying the first and last sheet of the range, for example, =SUM(Sheet1.A1:Sheet3.A1) sums up all A1 cells on Sheet1 through Sheet3.