One way .. Try the sub below:
Press Alt+F11 to go to VBE
Click Insert > Module
Copy > paste everything within the dotted lines below
into the whitespace on the right
-------begin vba-----
Sub SheetNames()
'Peo Sjoblom in .worksheet.functions Jul '02
Dim wkSht As Worksheet
Range("A1").Select
For Each wkSht In Worksheets
Selection = wkSht.Name
ActiveCell.Offset(rowOffset:=1, columnOffset:=0).Activate
Next wkSht
End Sub
-------endvba------
Press Alt+Q to get back to Excel
In a *new* sheet, press Alt+F8
Select "SheetNames" > Run
The sheetnames will be listed in A1 down, in this sequence:
1st sheet (leftmost) will be listed in A1,
2nd sheet in A2, and so on
Hidden sheets will also be listed
and will appear after the last (rightmost) sheet

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Max
xl 97
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> Is it possible to create a list of the worksheet names within the same file?
> I received a file that has 40 worksheets.
> I need those 40 names in a text list.
> Is there a better way than cut-n-pasting?
> thanks
For a method that adds hyperlinks to each sheet, take a look at David
McRitchie's BuildTOC macro:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/buildtoc.htm
> Is it possible to create a list of the worksheet names within the same file?
> I received a file that has 40 worksheets.
> I need those 40 names in a text list.
> Is there a better way than cut-n-pasting?
> thanks