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Changed "finding;..." entry to "recognizing;..." entry. Adding (Calc) is no longer necessary in this file.</comment> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148797" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 46oldref="20"><variable id="address_auto"><link href="text/scalc/guide/address_auto.xhp" name="Recognizing Names as Addressing">Recognizing Names as Addressing</link> 47</variable></paragraph> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152597" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">You can use cells with text to refer to the rows or to the columns that contain the cells.</paragraph> 49<comment>removed table as a workaround for issue 108715</comment> 50<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156283" role="paragraph" l10n="E"> 51<image id="img_id3154942" src="res/helpimg/names_as_addressing.png" width="2.1291in" height="0.8709in" localize="true"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3154942">Example spreadsheet</alt> 52</image></paragraph> 53<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154512" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="22">In the example spreadsheet, you can use the string <item type="literal">'Column One'</item> in a formula to refer to the cell range <item type="literal">B3</item> to <item type="literal">B5</item>, or <item type="literal">'Column Two'</item> for the cell range <item type="literal">C2</item> to <item type="literal">C5</item>. You can also use <item type="literal">'Row One'</item> for the cell range <item type="literal">B3</item> to <item type="literal">D3</item>, or <item type="literal">'Row Two'</item> for the cell range <item type="literal">B4</item> to <item type="literal">D4</item>. The result of a formula that uses a cell name, for example, <item type="literal">SUM('Column One')</item>, is 600.</paragraph> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155443" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="24">This function is active by default. To turn this function off, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</emph> and clear the <emph>Automatically find column and row labels</emph> check box.</paragraph> 55<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149210" role="tip" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">If you want a name to be automatically recognized by Calc, the name must start with a letter and be composed of alphanumeric characters. If you enter the name in the formula yourself, enclose the name in single quotation marks ('). If a single quotation mark appears in a name, you must enter a backslash in front of the quotation mark, for example, <item type="literal">'Harry\'s Bar'.</item> 56</paragraph> 57<section id="relatedtopics"><comment>mw changed reference to deleted Calc guide address_byname.xhp to refer to Calc guide value_with_name.xhp</comment><comment>UFI: changed embedvar links to embed links</comment><embed href="text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.xhp#value_with_name"/> 58<embed href="text/scalc/01/04070400.xhp#define_label_range"/> 59<embed href="text/scalc/guide/relativ_absolut_ref.xhp#relativ_absolut_ref"/> 60</section> 61</body> 62</helpdocument> 63
