In Microsoft Excel, sheet tabs can be renamed by ______

Answer Details

Microsoft Excel workbooks are organised into individual sheets, each represented by a small tab at the bottom of the window. Renaming that tab is a direct action performed on the tab itself, not on the rows or columns of data inside the sheet.

The correct method is double-clicking on the sheet tab, then entering the new name. Double-clicking puts the tab name into an editable state, allowing the user to type a new label and press Enter to confirm it.

Double-clicking a column or a row affects the width or height of that column or row, not the sheet tab's name, so those actions do not achieve the goal described. Going to File and clicking Save As changes the name or location of the entire workbook file, not the name of an individual sheet tab within it, so it addresses a different problem altogether.

A useful distinction to remember for spreadsheet exams: renaming a sheet tab is a property of that sheet, while Save As is a property of the whole file.