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I have a question which is I would like to use 'move mouse to text on screen (OCR)' in Excel.

I need to find the text in the Worksheet Tab area (the name of sheets). However in that sheet, it has the same 'text' in the worksheet cell. For example, the worksheet name is 'Summary', I use 'move mouse to text on screen (OCR)' to find the 'Summary' and move mouse to the sheet name, Meanwhile, there is a cell 'Summary' in the worksheet itself. In this case, 'move mouse tool' can not recognize which one should be moved to.

Is there any solution to find the text in the 'worksheet name area' only?

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VishnuReddy1997 2,666 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @Tracy1 ,

Instead of Move mouse to image ,you can try Find and replace cells in Excel worksheet action as shown in below image.

Before this action use Set active sheet in Excel worksheet.

(Note:- if you got your solution you can mark as solution and gives kudos)

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Vishnu Reddy

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But I want to find and move the mouse to the sheet name 'Summary', not the cell in excel.

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NathanAlvares24 1,714 Moderator on at

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Hi @Tracy1 !

Can you please explain your use case in detail? Because there are already inbuilt action like what @VishnuReddy1997 suggested and also there is an action to get all excel worksheets. See below:

With more info we can guide better steps rather than using mouse clicks in excel which is not a good method.

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Yes, in below activity, I want to search in 'Excel worksheet name' only (the yellow part in Excel) and move mouse to sheet name 'Summary'. How to specify/search the 'Worksheet name Tab' only in 'Move mouse to text on screen‘？

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VishnuReddy1997 2,666 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @Tracy1 ,

You have an action to do that firts you Get all the excel sheets in excel and then use Set active cells in excel worksheeet.

Then set Summary sheet using the below action.

and after moving to Summary Sheet what you wanted to do.

In Case if you want to rename the sheet name you can use rename excel sheet action as shown in below image.

(Note:- if you got your solution you can mark as solution and gives kudos)

Thanks & Regards
Vishnu Reddy

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