Saturday, November 2, 2019

Go to | Name Range


Go to lets you move swiftly to a specific line, range, cell, row, column in the workbook.

How to activate 'Go to' window? (Shortcut Ctrl+G)

  • Under the Home Tab click 'Find & Select'.
  • Click Go to.
go to feature
Go to window


Instance 1
Selection of Cell D15.
  • Under Reference text box type D15. 
  • Click Ok.
One thing to remember D15 signifies the cell name as per excel. 
Cursor will move to the intersection of D column and 15th Row.

Instance 2
Selection of Cells A1 to D15.
  • Under Reference text box type 'A1:D15'.
  • Click Ok.
Go to function can even recognize customized name of cells, range and columns etc.

Instance 3
Selection of non contiguous cells A3 to A4 & C9 to G9 & A11 to G17.
  • Under the Reference text box type A3:A4,C9:G9,A11:G17
  • Click Ok
Instance 4
Selection of a particular row say 9
  • Under the Reference text box type 9:9.
  • Click Ok.
Again selection of multiple row say 9,10
  • Under the Reference text box type 9:10
  • Click Ok.
Instance 5
Selection of a particular column say D
  • Under the Reference text box type D:D
  • Click Ok
Again selection of columns say D & E.
  • Under the Reference text box type D:E
  • Click Ok.
Even Go to function can identify any name range which user provides.
  • Select the range.
  • In the name box type the desired name (advised to ignore digits and put underscore in between). (for instance excel_excel is the desired name selected for the sake of discussion).
  • Press Enter.
  • You can see in the name box 'excel_excel' has appeared as the customized name of the range previously selected.

reference of name range

Just highlight the desired name from the above box. 
Click Ok.


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