Custom Excel navigation menus

This video demonstrates three approaches to building custom Excel navigation menus, showing how interactive menus can improve usability and make complex workbooks easier to navigate. It culminates in a sidebar-style menu created with shapes and hyperlinks, designed for smooth, intuitive movement between sheets and sections.

At IndigoHub, we design custom Excel navigation menus as part of broader Excel automation for businesses, helping organisations turn large or multi-sheet workbooks into clear, user-friendly systems. Well-designed navigation reduces errors, saves time, and allows teams to work confidently without needing advanced Excel knowledge.

These menus are tailored to how your organisation actually uses Excel — whether for dashboards, reporting systems, operational tools, or educational resources — ensuring that users can quickly find what they need and focus on their work rather than searching through spreadsheets.

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