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  38       <topic id="textscalcguiderename_tablexml" indexer="include">
  39          <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Renaming Sheets</title>
  40          <filename>/text/scalc/guide/rename_table.xhp</filename>
  41       </topic>
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  44 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150398"><bookmark_value>renaming;sheets</bookmark_value>
  45       <bookmark_value>sheet tabs;renaming</bookmark_value>
  46       <bookmark_value>tables;renaming</bookmark_value>
  47       <bookmark_value>names; sheets</bookmark_value>
  48 </bookmark><comment>mw made "renaming sheets" a two level entry.</comment>
  49 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150398" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"
  50                  oldref="11"><variable id="rename_table"><link href="text/scalc/guide/rename_table.xhp" name="Renaming Sheets">Renaming Sheets</link>
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  52       <list type="ordered">
  53          <listitem>
  54             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155131" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">Click the name of the sheet that you want to change.</paragraph>
  55          </listitem>
  56          <listitem>
  57             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146976" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="13">Open the context menu and choose the <emph>Rename</emph> command. A dialog box appears where you can enter a new name.</paragraph>
  58          </listitem>
  59          <listitem>
  60             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149260" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="15">Enter a new name for the sheet and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
  61          </listitem>
  62          <listitem>
  63             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149667" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="27">Alternatively, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option key
  64 </caseinline><defaultinline>Alt key</defaultinline></switchinline> and click on any sheet name and enter the new name directly.</paragraph>
  65             <embed href="text/shared/00/00000099.xhp#winmanager"/>
  66          </listitem>
  67       </list>
  68       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502833" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Sheet names can contain almost any character. Some naming restrictions apply when you want to save the spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel format.</paragraph>
  69       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050283" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">When saving to Microsoft Excel format, the following characters are not allowed in sheet names:</paragraph>
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  71          <listitem>
  72             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050281" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">colon :</paragraph>
  73          </listitem>
  74          <listitem>
  75             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502897" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">back slash \</paragraph>
  76          </listitem>
  77          <listitem>
  78             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050299" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">forward slash /</paragraph>
  79          </listitem>
  80          <listitem>
  81             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502913" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">question mark ?</paragraph>
  82          </listitem>
  83          <listitem>
  84             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050298" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">asterisk *</paragraph>
  85          </listitem>
  86          <listitem>
  87             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502969" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">left square bracket [</paragraph>
  88          </listitem>
  89          <listitem>
  90             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502910" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">right square bracket ]</paragraph>
  91          </listitem>
  92          <listitem>
  93             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502971" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">single quote ' as the first or last character of the name</paragraph>
  94          </listitem>
  95       </list>
  96       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050307" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In cell references, a sheet name has to be enclosed in single quotes ' if the name contains other characters than alphanumeric or underscore. A single quote contained within a name has to be escaped by doubling it (two single quotes). For example, you want to reference the cell A1 on a sheet with the following name:</paragraph>
  97       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503071" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">This year's sheet</paragraph>
  98       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503054" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The reference must be enclosed in single quotes, and the one single quote inside the name must be doubled:</paragraph>
  99       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503069" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">'This year''s sheet'.A1</paragraph>
 100       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155444" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="16">The name of a sheet is independent of the name of the spreadsheet. You enter the spreadsheet name when you save it for the first time as a file. The document can contain up to 256 individual sheets, which can have different names.</paragraph>
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