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Names must start with a letter or an underline character.</paragraph> 51*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1120029" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Allowed special characters:</paragraph> 52*8b0727e7Smseidel<list type="unordered"> 53*8b0727e7Smseidel<listitem> 54*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3362224" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">underline (_)</paragraph> 55*8b0727e7Smseidel</listitem> 56*8b0727e7Smseidel<listitem> 57*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4891506" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">period (.) - allowed within a name, but not as first or last character</paragraph> 58*8b0727e7Smseidel</listitem> 59*8b0727e7Smseidel<listitem> 60*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2816553" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">blank ( ) - allowed within a name, but not as first or last character, and not for a cell range</paragraph> 61*8b0727e7Smseidel</listitem> 62*8b0727e7Smseidel</list> 63*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id328989" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Names must not be the same as cell references. For example, the name A1 is invalid because A1 is a cell reference to the top left cell.</paragraph> 64*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id32898987" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Names must not start with the letter R followed by a number. See the ADDRESS function for more information.</paragraph> 65*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4769737" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Names for cell ranges must not include blanks. Blanks are allowed within names for single cells, sheets and documents.</paragraph> 66*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id1226233" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Naming cells and formulas</paragraph> 67*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5489364" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">A good way of making the references to cells and cell ranges in formulas legible is to give the ranges names. For example, you can name the range A1:B2 <emph>Start</emph>. You can then write a formula such as "=SUM(Start)". Even after you insert or delete rows or columns, $[officename] still correctly assigns the ranges identified by name. Range names must not contain any spaces.</paragraph> 68*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id953398" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">For example, it is much easier to read a formula for sales tax if you can write "= Amount * Tax_rate" instead of "= A5 * B12". In this case, you would name cell A5 "Amount" and cell B12 "Tax_rate."</paragraph> 69*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4889675" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Use the <emph>Define Names</emph> dialog to define names for formulas or parts of formulas you need more often. In order to specify range names,</paragraph> 70*8b0727e7Smseidel<list type="ordered"> 71*8b0727e7Smseidel<listitem> 72*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153954" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="3">Select a cell or range of cells, then choose <emph>Insert - Names - Define</emph>. The <emph>Define Names</emph> dialog appears.</paragraph> 73*8b0727e7Smseidel</listitem> 74*8b0727e7Smseidel<listitem> 75*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156283" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="4">Type the name of the selected area in the <emph>Name</emph> field. Click <emph>Add</emph>. The newly defined name appears in the list below. Click OK to close the dialog.</paragraph> 76*8b0727e7Smseidel</listitem> 77*8b0727e7Smseidel</list> 78*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5774101" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can also name other cell ranges in this dialog by entering the name in the field and then selecting the respective cells.</paragraph> 79*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154942" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="5">If you type the name in a formula, after the first few characters entered you will see the entire name as a tip.</paragraph> 80*8b0727e7Smseidel<list type="unordered"> 81*8b0727e7Smseidel<listitem> 82*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154510" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="6">Press the Enter key in order to accept the name from the tip.</paragraph> 83*8b0727e7Smseidel</listitem> 84*8b0727e7Smseidel<listitem> 85*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150749" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="7">If more than one name starts with the same characters, you can scroll through all the names using the Tab key.<comment>mw copied contents from Calc guide address_byname.xhp</comment></paragraph> 86*8b0727e7Smseidel</listitem> 87*8b0727e7Smseidel</list> 88*8b0727e7Smseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 89*8b0727e7Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153711" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="8"><link href="text/scalc/01/04070100.xhp" name="Insert - Names - Define">Insert - Names - Define</link></paragraph> 90*8b0727e7Smseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/goalseek.xhp#goalseek"/> 91*8b0727e7Smseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/relativ_absolut_ref.xhp#relativ_absolut_ref"/> 92*8b0727e7Smseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/address_auto.xhp#address_auto"/><comment>mw deleted one EMBED paragraph and copied two EMBED paragraphs from Calc guide address_byname.xhp</comment> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 94*8b0727e7Smseidel</body> 95*8b0727e7Smseidel</helpdocument> 96