Install Sheet Navigator

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Download the manifest file.
Download manifest.xml

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Open Excel. In the Insert ribbon, click My Add-ins.

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In the dialog that opens, top right corner, click Upload My Add-in.

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Pick the sheet-navigator.manifest.xml file you just downloaded, then click Upload.

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The Sheet Navigator button appears in the Home ribbon tab. Click it to open the side panel.

The add-in stays installed until you remove it from the same My Add-ins menu.

If you don't see Upload My Add-in in the My Add-ins dialog, your tenant has disabled user-side sideload via group policy. Use this fallback method based on Trusted Add-in Catalogs (a separate Office feature that often stays enabled).

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Open PowerShell (right-click Start menu › Windows PowerShell) and paste this one-liner:

irm https://sheet-navigator.waxzce.org/install-windows.ps1 | iex

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The script downloads the manifest into your user profile, shares the folder as a personal SMB share, and registers it as a Trusted Add-in Catalog (no admin rights needed). It prints next steps.

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Close Excel completely (Task Manager if it hangs) and reopen any workbook.

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Insert › My Add-ins › SHARED FOLDER tab (top of the dialog) › Sheet Navigator › Add.

If the script fails creating the SMB share (some Windows builds require admin for that), it falls back to manual instructions. You can also do the whole flow by hand: create a folder, drop manifest.xml in it, share the folder via right-click › Properties › Sharing, then Excel › File › Options › Trust Center › Trusted Add-in Catalogs › paste the UNC path › check Show in Menu › restart Excel.

If even the Shared Folder tab is missing or empty after restart, your tenant also blocks Trusted Catalogs. The only remaining option is Microsoft 365 Centralized Deployment — your M365 admin pushes the manifest to your account from the admin center. Ask them for that.

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Quit Excel completely with Cmd+Q.

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Open the Terminal app and paste this command:

mkdir -p ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Excel/Data/Documents/wef && curl -fsSL https://sheet-navigator.waxzce.org/manifest.xml -o ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Excel/Data/Documents/wef/sheet-navigator.manifest.xml && echo "Sheet Navigator installed. Reopen Excel."

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Reopen Excel and a workbook. Menu Insert › Add-ins › My Add-ins › Developer Add-ins, click Sheet Navigator.

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The Sheet Navigator button appears in the Home ribbon tab.

To uninstall: rm ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Excel/Data/Documents/wef/sheet-navigator.manifest.xml then reopen Excel.