92016 Make an Excel Worksheet Very Hidden | Excel University Seach ‘Student Login Course ListView Car Menu = Navigate rumen > Make an Excel Worksheet Very Hidden 04.203 jataning —Exoul Fastues Keyboard Shateus, VBA. Hidden Shast, Vey Hidden Sheets 20 comments Did you know that Excel has to lvels of hiddon worksheots? Excel has “hidden” worksheeis, and, "very hidden! worksheets, Ths post walks through the afrencse, and how ta hide worksheets at each lavel fy defauk, al naw worksheets ae viable, Avieble worksheets tab appears in the bottom ofthe Excel window, ‘enabing the user to lek he tab a order to navigate tothe worksheet. Easy enough, les move on. Visible Property Intne 51 word, an objects ether se or tis not. For example, Harry Potter is iypcal visible. However, when he throws on that sweet cloak of isibly, he isnot be. His Wise status changes to fal. Inthe real worl, the vale status ofan objects thor tue or false, Kis ther vbw rit is na. In Excel howaver, the vise property ofa worksheet object has three possible values: tv, fls, or...vey hidden, Hidden ‘When a worksheet has a visble property vale of tue, ts ible and can be seen and selected by the user. When ‘ worksheet has 9 visible property of fake, is hidden, and can no ongor be goon rom within the standard Exeal User interlace, Thatis, he shoot’ tab is gone, The shea ite however. nol gone, and formas can stil retieve ‘values stored on a hidden sheet. Itust disappsars irom the user interface. itis prt easy to hide a sheet. Although, ifwe ar trying tobe technical, we should say it this way: itis prety easy to change a worksheets visible property rom tue 0 false [live worksheets my workbook are visible in he following sereenshat Sheett | shee2 | sheet | steets | sheets To hide a sheet, simply right-click he shoots tb and select hide, You can also hide ‘abon commanss shest using the fotowing + Home » Format > Hide & Unide > Hide Worksheet You can also hide a sheet using the following keyboard shortcut + Ava. by ‘Sheets hidden in my workbook, as shawn in the screenshot below: Sheoti_| Shee | Sheett | sheets ‘To unhide a sheet, simply right-click any shoe's tab and select Unde, This reveals the Unhide dag box as shown below: ipihwwrw excel-uiversiy.commake-ar-exce-workshoel-very-hidon veMake an Excel Worksheet Very Hidden | Excel University nie set Pick the hidden shoot and cick ak, You can also unhide a sheet using the folowing rabon command! + Home > Format > Hide & Unhide > Unhide Werkshoet ‘You can also unhide a shoot using the flowing keyboard shortut + Abou Now, hore ie whore it gts fun, creating very hidden shoots Very Hidden ‘The third property value fs vary hidden, The dference between a hisden shest anda very hidden sheet is snply ths: very nde sheets do not appear inthe Unhise aatog box Now, before we get tothe mechanics of howto set a sheet’ property to very hidden, lt me set up a bi of bbackoround that will be Useful, Fes, we ned to undertand that Exco, here @ Word outside ofthe pica Excl usorintorface. What you soe when navigating inside the Excel application window is a subset of everyting available in Excel, Aprmary example fs macros. Macros are not edited within the standard interface, they are ted within a utlty aplication caled the sual Basic Editor (VBE). The VBE'\s @ powerul and useful uty, and Excol powor users spend quite abt of time nit. Iti inside the VBE where we change the visible property of @ worksheet lovey hidden, Here is how the VBE refers tote Visible property values: + Thue = xsheetvisble + False = xiSheethidgen 1 Very Hidden = ShaatveryHacen You stil wih me? Great, les get int the VBE now. Visual Basic Editor ‘Thote are a couple of ferent ways to open the VBE. You coulé use either ofthe following keyboard shortcut + AweT + Abs mv Oy ifyou are mors of a ribbon person, you could use the folowing ribbon command: + Developer > Visual Basic [Note: Microsoft does no ship Excel withthe Developer bon tab visio, so, you! ‘need tum on. In Excel 2010/2019: customize the ribbon and check the Developer ta, In Excl 2007: a0 Into options and check te “Show develope ab in ribbon” checkbox) [Athi pont, you should have the VBE open, andi should look 2 ktle something Ike the sereensho! below. ipihwwrw excel-uiversiy.commake-ar-exce-workshoel-very hidden6292016 Make an Excel Worksheet Very Hidden | Excel University Inthe top let panelis the Project Explorer, where you can use the tree to navigate to any open workbook, and to ‘any sheet Doublo-eck the sheet you want to update [Noto you dont see the Project Explorer, simply select View > Project Explorer} Then, you'll be able to view and change the status ofthe Vibe propery inthe Properties window. {Note you dont see the Properties window, simply select View > Properties Window} (On te Vise property use the combo box change the vale ox options. WeryHidden, orto ether of the other in the screenshot below, selected xiSheetVeryHidden Hom the Visible property combe box: (Mf Ble Ele View rect Format Debug fin Toke Addn Window Hep ‘Once you returs to Excel, youl notice tha the sheets tab isnot visible. Youll also notice that the workbook contains voy hidden sheets, the user wont have an opin to open the Unhie dialog box. I the workbook conains ipihwwrw excel-uiversiy.commake-ar-exce-workshoel-vry-hidon92016 Make an Excel Worksheet Very Hidden | Excel University both hidden and very hidden sheets, then tho user can open the Unie dialog box, however, the very hidden is hidden, andthe Unde alg box is shects do not appear. In my workbook, Shoei? is very hidden, and Sh shown in the screenshot below femora Wow, Sheot2 i vary hidden! Iryou want io viow the sheot again. simaly change th propery from xISheelVeryHidden to 1ShostVsible om within the VBE and youl be a set Now, with great power comes great responsibly, so use this super power wth great car! Share this: f Foceoooe | [wrwer) Lin tnkean + coat “Tn artte wan wrtan by oon ‘View al posts by jeflening -» 20 comments: Shafillah But when | change from veryniden to visable then it gives me a message “Unable to set the visable propery ofthe worksheet class a jefflenning Shaul, ‘Avworkeook must conta at last one visible sheet. Therefor, i you ty to change the lat visible sheot to very, youl receive the error message "Unable fo set he isle property af he Worksheet class", iso, when you change a worksheet fo veryhidden, then, the visual basic editor ‘avlomaticaly changes the properties io the next visible sheet, Hops this information helps! Thanks, ipihwwrw excel-uiversiy.commake-ar-exce-workshoel-very-hidon92016 Make an Excel Worksheet Very Hien | Excel University Dave ‘Another thing to note is that you cannet change the vise properties ofthe actveWorkshest. To make the change go back tothe actveWorkshest. Then access the BEC and selec the sheet you wan to hide fom the pojoct explorer and change its propert Hartmut how ean I make a veryndcen worksheet vibe again? Because | do not see Sheet 2 anymore, Lean nol select it and change properties Jofflenning [=m] To make a veryhidden worksheet visible again, open the visual basic er, navigate to the proper forthe desired workshoet, and change the Visible status o iSheetvsbe, Please reference the screenshot above (Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications ~ Training Departmen the Visible status to 500 the Vsiblo drop down that mod! Hope tis helps! ett el Hartmut Great Thank you Murad Hider Cant another user just go ino te VBE and change the worksheet from very hide to vise? Is there 1 way o prevent hat rom happening? Thanks, Mura = dane 6258 an Rathy Murad, Yes, thats true. You can ute the Workbook Protection command t prevent a user from unhiding hidden worcshoots @ Thanks ipihwwrw excel-uiversiy.commake-ar-exce-workshoel-very hidden92016 Make an Excel Worksheet Very Hien | Excel University (Grea arte Jo, had no dea about the VeryHitdon slats but explain few scanarios Ive had inthe past (vik semi-relted question ~ can macros function when referencing data on Mien o VeryHidden shee Thanks, Rose ee = Ross, ‘Thanks! Macros, as wall as formulas and functions, ean indeed operate on data stored on hidden and very hidden sheets..makes for some very intresting possbibis! Ross ‘Thanks fr eonfeming this Je, greatly apprec jefftenning Sat 620501297 oly Diogo Hey Jaf | ould turn a Sheet Very Hidden, but row I wanted @ macro that could make it vise again, Shoots’Sheot"").Vatbe = Tuo Ene Sub ‘Butwnen Ick the macro assigned butlon, says the reference cannot be found, = Diogo, the shect name inthe macro, f, Sheet. One prtty easy way to determine the sheet nate isto frst make the shest Hidden inetd of Venn T start th ‘ane lunhde the sheet. Then stop the recorder and examine the shest name used by the macro recorder by checking aut the VBA code thats generated. Then, use that sheet reference n your Unihde macro and you shouldbe good to got Hope tis noes! Thanks Jett ipunwarw excel-uiversity.commake-ar-excel-worksheel-very-hidon692016 Make an Excel Worksheet Very Hien | Excel University Leah L, Adams. Jf thanks fortis ino Yo, Now, ihave anther question Is there any kind of vis orkbookiwerkeheet know that you have “hidden” @ shest whether anything...oletthe creator of e= Ifa sheatie hidden ra command is ‘enable anf elected will spay the Untide lal which contain als fal hidden sheets. To Thanks fan Ratelie 22018325 aly hanks fr this atl, A question that is probably a8 stupid as i sounds. I worksheat set to normal non visible" but the workbook structure is protected, hen the user can use te ‘unhide = tomdy tan Yes._you ae absolutely correct! Workbook protection prevents users fom unhiding worksheets most frequently in practice. Very hidden can help in stustions Indeed, this is the approach | here we are precluded from using workbook protector. Bu, when possi, | simply hide the Thanks, ett lan Ratclife sridhar = Abowt = Navigate = Training Stay Connected ipihwwrw excel-uiversity.commake-ar-exce-workshoel-very-hidon 7892016 Make an Excel Worksheet Very Hidden | Excel University ipihwwrw excel-uiversiy.commake-ar-exce-workshoel-very-hidon