Workbooks Property

Applies To

Application object.

Description

Returns a Workbooks collection that represents all the open workbooks. Read-only.

Remarks

Using this property without an object qualifier is equivalent to using Application.Workbooks.

The collection returned by the Workbooks property doesn't include open add-ins, which are a special kind of hidden workbook. You can, however, return a single open add-in if you know the file name. For example, Workbooks("Oscar.xla") will return the open add-in named "Oscar.xla" as a Workbook object.

Example

This example activates the workbook Book1.xls.

Workbooks("Book1").Activate

This example opens the workbook Large.xls.

Workbooks.Open filename:="Large.xls"

This example saves changes to and closes all workbooks except the one that's running the example.

For Each w In Workbooks
    If w.Name <> ThisWorkbook.Name Then
        w.Close savechanges:=True
    End If
Next w