How to Apply Format Changes to All Tabs in an Excel Spreadsheet
Microsoft Excel has a feature that allows you to make changes to multiple sheets within a workbook simultaneously. This feature is useful for filling in or creating a form in Excel, or quickly ensuring that formatting is consistent throughout the workbook.
Step 1
Right-click on the tab of any of the sheets within the workbook you intend to change.
Step 2
Click
"Select All Sheets." You can confirm that the sheets are selected as a
group because "Group" will appear in the title bar at the top of the
worksheet. Additionally, the color of the tabs of the sheets that are
selected will be different than the sheets that are not selected.
Step 3
Make
changes to the format on the active sheet. For example, if you want to
have bold text throughout all of the sheets, once you have selected all
of the sheets, select all of the cells on one sheet and hold down Ctrl +
B, or alternatively select "Bold" from the Format menu. When the sheets
are grouped together, any changes you make to one sheet will be
mirrored in all of the other sheets.
Step 4
Right-click
on any one of the sheets that are already selected and select "Ungroup
Sheets" when you are finished with your changes. This ensures that you
do not continue to make changes to the workbook when you do not intend
to.