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26<topic id="textscalcguideaddress_autoxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Recognizing Names as Addressing</title>
28<filename>/text/scalc/guide/address_auto.xhp</filename>
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32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148797">
33<bookmark_value>automatic addressing in tables</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>natural language addressing</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>formulas; using row/column labels</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>text in cells; as addressing</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>addressing; automatic</bookmark_value>
38<bookmark_value>name recognition on/off</bookmark_value>
39<bookmark_value>row headers;using in formulas</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>column headers;using in formulas</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>columns; finding labels automatically</bookmark_value>
42<bookmark_value>rows; finding labels automatically</bookmark_value>
43<bookmark_value>recognizing; column and row labels</bookmark_value>
44</bookmark><comment>mw changes "names;..." entry to "text in cells;..."</comment><comment>mw inserted three index entries from text/shared/optionen/01060500.xhp. Changed "finding;..." entry to "recognizing;..." entry. Adding (Calc) is no longer necessary in this file.</comment>
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46oldref="20"><variable id="address_auto"><link href="text/scalc/guide/address_auto.xhp" name="Recognizing Names as Addressing">Recognizing Names as Addressing</link>
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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>
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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"/>
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