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  38       <topic id="textscalcguidecellreferencesxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39          <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Referencing a Cell in Another Document</title>
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  44 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147436"><bookmark_value>sheet references</bookmark_value>
  45       <bookmark_value>references; to cells in other sheets/documents</bookmark_value>
  46       <bookmark_value>cells; operating in another document</bookmark_value>
  47       <bookmark_value>documents;references</bookmark_value>
  48 </bookmark><comment>mw made "sheet references;" a one level entry</comment><comment>MW changed "references;" and added "documents;"</comment>
  49 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147436" role="heading" level="1" l10n="CHG"
  50                  oldref="9"><variable id="cellreferences"><link href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp" name="Referencing Other Sheets">Referencing Other Sheets</link>
  51 </variable></paragraph>
  52       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9663075" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In a sheet cell you can show a reference to a cell in another sheet.</paragraph>
  53       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1879329" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the same way, a reference can also be made to a cell from another document provided that this document has already been saved as a file.</paragraph>
  54       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7122409" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Reference a Cell in the Same Document</paragraph>
  55       <list type="ordered">
  56          <listitem>
  57             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2078005" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Open a new, empty spreadsheet.</paragraph>
  58          </listitem>
  59          <listitem>
  60             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4943693" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">By way of example, enter the following formula in cell A1 of Sheet1:</paragraph>
  61             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9064302" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">
  62                <item type="literal">=Sheet2.A1</item>
  63             </paragraph>
  64          </listitem>
  65          <listitem>
  66             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7609790" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Sheet 2</emph> tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Set the cursor in cell A1 there and enter text or a number.</paragraph>
  67          </listitem>
  68          <listitem>
  69             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id809961" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">If you switch back to Sheet1, you will see the same content in cell A1 there. If the contents of Sheet2.A1 change, then the contents of Sheet1.A1 also change.</paragraph>
  70          </listitem>
  71       </list>
  72       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9209570" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Reference a Cell in Another Document</paragraph>
  73       <list type="ordered">
  74          <listitem>
  75             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5949278" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph>, to load an existing spreadsheet document.</paragraph>
  76          </listitem>
  77          <listitem>
  78             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8001953" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - New</emph>, to open a new spreadsheet document. Set the cursor in the cell where you want to insert the external data and enter an equals sign to indicate that you want to begin a formula.</paragraph>
  79          </listitem>
  80          <listitem>
  81             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8571123" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Now switch to the document you have just loaded. Click the cell with the data that you want to insert in the new document.</paragraph>
  82          </listitem>
  83          <listitem>
  84             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8261665" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Switch back to the new spreadsheet. In the input line you will now see how $[officename] Calc has added the reference to the formula for you. </paragraph>
  85             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5888241" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The reference to a cell of another document contains the name of the other document in single inverted commas, then a hash #, then the name of the sheet of the other document, followed by a point and the name of the cell.</paragraph>
  86          </listitem>
  87          <listitem>
  88             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7697683" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Confirm the formula by clicking the green check mark.</paragraph>
  89          </listitem>
  90          <listitem>
  91             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7099826" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">If you drag the box in the lower right corner of the active cell to select a range of cells, $[officename] automatically inserts the corresponding references in the adjacent cells. As a result, the sheet name is preceded with a "$" sign to designate it as an absolute reference.</paragraph>
  92          </listitem>
  93       </list>
  94       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id674459" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">If you examine the name of the other document in this formula, you will notice that it is written as a <link href="text/shared/00/00000002.xhp#url" name="URL">URL</link>. This means that you can also enter a URL from the Internet.</paragraph>
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  96          <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences_url.xhp#cellreferences_url"/>
  97       </section>
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