1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir*********************************************************************** 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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Changed "finding;..." entry to "recognizing;..." entry. Adding (Calc) is no longer necessary in this file.</comment> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148797" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="20"><variable id="address_auto"><link href="text/scalc/guide/address_auto.xhp" name="Recognizing Names as Addressing">Recognizing Names as Addressing</link> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<comment>removed table as a workaround for issue 108715</comment> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156283" role="paragraph" l10n="E"> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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"/> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/01/04070400.xhp#define_label_range"/> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/guide/relativ_absolut_ref.xhp#relativ_absolut_ref"/> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>
