Arrange Workbooks

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Note: The Actions Quick Reference provides a complete list of actions that you can print for easy reference.

What is the Arrange Workbooks Action?

The Arrange Workbooks Action arranged all open workbooks within the Excel application window.

Creating an Arrange Workbooks Action

Drag and drop the Selector onto the Targets list in the target workbook to display the available target options. Continue to drag the Selector to the Excel item, releasing your mouse to display the Target Preview. As an alternative, you may also target the titlebar of Microsoft Excel.

A preview of the target is displayed. Select the Arrange Workbooks Action from the Actions list.

Select the Rules to change the Connection for this Action. The Timing  settings for this action may be configured to fine tune the how the Action will run.

Note: For more information about Timing and Error settings, read the Action Builder article.

Select how the workbooks should be arranged .

Optionally add Notes to the Action to document any special instructions or functionality. When the Run Switchis set to Run, the action will be executed after clicking OK.

Note: The run switch is set to Run by default. To create or modify this action without executing it, click the slider to change the option to Don't Run.  For more information, see Action Builder.

Click the OK  button to save the Action.