Active: An Excel worksheet, its content, or a cell is active when selected. The name of the active worksheet will appear as a bold tab at the bottom of your window, and the active cell will have a ...

To delete the active worksheet, press Alt > H > D > S, but use this keyboard shortcut with caution, as you can't undo this action. F1 isn't the only useful function key shortcut in Microsoft Excel.

Excel automatically opens a blank workbook that has three worksheets. Right-click the worksheet name that Excel displays at the bottom of the screen to rename your active worksheet.

Not sure of the difference between a workbook and a worksheet? How do you know if a cell is active or not? You're not alone. Knowing the terms used in Excel is knowing the possibilities in Excel.

You can view all formulas in an active worksheet by pressing [Ctrl][~]. This activates Excel's Formula Auditing Mode, which displays the contents of all cells as entered, not calculated.

The above steps will change the gridline color of your active worksheet. To change the gridline color of all worksheets, select them by clicking on their respective tabs while holding the Ctrl key.