If you want to change the default Excel worksheet direction, you need to go through this article to learn the steps. There are three ways to change the default direction of an Excel worksheet – using in-built Settings, Local Group Policy Editor, and Registry Editor. This article comes with all three methods, and you can follow any one of them.
If you open an Excel worksheet, you can find some rows and columns, which represent Excel. If you observe more, you can find A, B, C, D from left to right, which is the typical formation. However, if you want to change it and show the sheet from right to left instead of left to right due to any reason, here is how you can do that.
How to change default Excel worksheet direction from right to left
To change the default Excel worksheet direction, follow these steps:
- Open an Excel worksheet on your PC.
- Click on File and select Options.
- Switch to the Advanced tab.
- Find the Display section.
- Choose Right-to-left option.
- Click the OK button.
To learn more about these steps, continue reading.
First, you need to open an Excel worksheet on your PC and click on the File menu visible on the top-left corner. Then, select the Options to open the Excel Options panel.
After that, switch to the Advanced tab and find out the Display section. Here you can find an option called Default direction. From here, you need to choose the Right-to-left option.
Click the OK button to save the change. Next, you need to open a new worksheet to find the change.
As mentioned earlier, you can do the same thing using the Local Group Policy Editor and the Registry Editor. If you want to follow the GPEDIT method, you must download the administrative templates for Office.
How to change default Excel worksheet direction using Group Policy
To change default Excel worksheet direction using Group Policy, follow these steps:
- Press Win+R to display the Run dialog.
- Type gpedit.msc and press the Enter button.
- Go to Advanced in User Configuration.
- Double-click on the Default sheet direction.
- Choose the Enabled option.
- Select the Right-to-left option.
- Click the OK button.
Let’s check out these steps in detail.
To get started, you need to open the Local Group Policy Editor on your computer. For that, press Win+R, type gpedit.msc, and press the Enter button.
Next, navigate to the following path:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Excel 2016 > Excel Options > Advanced
In the Advanced folder, you can see a setting called Default sheet direction. You need to double-click on it and select the Enabled option.
Following that, expand the drop-down menu and select the Right-to-left option.
Click the OK button to save the change. Once done, you need to restart Excel to find the change.
How to change default Excel worksheet direction using Registry
To change default Excel worksheet direction using Registry, follow these steps:
- Search for registry in the Taskbar search box.
- Click on the individual search result.
- Click the Yes button.
- Navigate to office in HKCU.
- Right-click on empty space > New > Key.
- Name it as 0.
- Repeat this step to create a sub-key named excel.
- Right-click on excel > New > Keyand name it as options.
- Right-click on options > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
- Set the name as defaultsheetr2l.
- Double-click on it to set the Value data as 1.
- Click the OK button and restart your computer.
Let’s learn more about these steps in detail.
First, search for registry or registry editor in the Taskbar search box, click the individual search result, and click on the OK button to open Registry Editor. Then, navigate to the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office
Select the office key, right-click on empty space, select New > Key, and name it as 16.0.
Then, repeat the same step to create a sub-key named excel. Following that, do the same under the excel key to create another sub-key called options.
Once the options key is made, you need to create a REG_DWORD value. For that, right-click on options > New > Key and set the name as defaultsheetr2l.
Double-click on it to set the Value data as 1.
Click the OK button and restart your computer to get the change.
Read: How to open two Excel files in separate windows.
How to show Sheet from right to left in Excel?
To show sheets from right to left in Excel, you need to follow the above-mentioned guides. You can open the Excel Options panel and switch to the Advanced tab. Then, find the Display section, and find the Default direction menu. Choose the Right-to-left option and click the OK button to save the change.
How to change display direction in Excel?
To change the display direction in Excel, you can use the in-built settings, GPEDIT and REGEDIT. In the Group Policy, navigate to Microsoft Excel 2016 > Excel Options > Advanced in User Configuration. Then, double-click on the Default sheet direction setting and choose the Enabled option. After that, select the Right-to-left option and click the OK button.
That’s all! Hope this guide was handy.
