If you have a great deal of data to work with, it is very beneficial to set up multiple pages in Microsoft Excel. Not only will this help you stay organized, it will also allow you to write equations that take input from as many sheets of data as you want.

If you have an Excel file with multiple sheets in use, open it. Let’s say you need to make a common change across all of those sheets. Hold the “control” key and click on all of the tabs at the bottom of the screen. Change the content of any cell and press “enter.” The corresponding cells will have changed on each sheet of your file.

You can also create a link between sheets. Click an empty spot on any cell and open the “Insert” menu on the top navigation bar. Select “Hyperlink…” from the dropdown menu and then click “Place in this document.” Pick the sheet you want to link with and click “OK.” You can also enter text in the “Name to display” box on this sheet selection window to label the link you create. Clicking on this link will bring you directly to the other sheet.

You can also write a simple formula to add up numbers between sheets. Click in a blank cell and press the “=” key. Select a number cell you want as part of the equation and press “+”. Continue to do this until you have selected all of the data you want, keeping in mind that you can select numbers from all of your sheets. Press “enter” when you are finished to perform the calculation. The sum will be displayed in the cell where you entered the equals sign.