Worksheet.Name property (Excel)

Returns or sets a String value that represents the object name.

Syntax

expression.Name

expression A variable that represents a Worksheet object.

Example

The following code example sets the name of the active worksheet equal to today's date.

' This macro sets today's date as the name for the current sheet 
Sub NameWorksheetByDate() 
    'Changing the sheet name to today's date
    ActiveSheet.Name = Format(Now(), "dd-mm-yyyy")

    'Changing the sheet name to a value from a cell
    ActiveSheet.Name = ActiveSheet.Range("A1").value
End Sub

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