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  38       <topic id="textscalcguidevalue_with_namexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39          <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Naming Cells</title>
  40          <filename>/text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.xhp</filename>
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  44 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147434"><bookmark_value>cells; defining names</bookmark_value>
  45       <bookmark_value>names; defining for cells</bookmark_value>
  46       <bookmark_value>values; defining names</bookmark_value>
  47       <bookmark_value>constants definition</bookmark_value>
  48       <bookmark_value>variables; defining names</bookmark_value>
  49       <bookmark_value>cell ranges; defining names</bookmark_value>
  50       <bookmark_value>defining;names for cell ranges</bookmark_value>
  51       <bookmark_value>formulas; defining names</bookmark_value>
  52       <bookmark_value>addressing; by defined names</bookmark_value>
  53       <bookmark_value>cell names; defining/addressing</bookmark_value>
  54       <bookmark_value>references; by defined names</bookmark_value>
  55       <bookmark_value>allowed cell names</bookmark_value>
  56       <bookmark_value>renaming;cells</bookmark_value>
  57 </bookmark><comment>mw changed "names;...", "addressing;..." and "references,..."  entries.</comment><comment>mw added "renaming;"</comment>
  58 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147434" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="value_with_name"><link href="text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.xhp" name="Naming Cells">Naming Cells</link>
  59 </variable></paragraph>
  60       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id4391918" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Allowed names</paragraph>
  61       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2129581" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Names in Calc can contain letters, numeric characters, and some special characters. Names must start with a letter or an underline character.</paragraph>
  62       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1120029" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Allowed special characters:</paragraph>
  63       <list type="unordered">
  64          <listitem>
  65             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3362224" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">underline (_) </paragraph>
  66          </listitem>
  67          <listitem>
  68             <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>
  69          </listitem>
  70          <listitem>
  71             <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>
  72          </listitem>
  73       </list>
  74       <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>
  75       <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>
  76       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id1226233" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Naming cells and formulas</paragraph>
  77       <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>
  78       <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>
  79       <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>
  80       <list type="ordered">
  81          <listitem>
  82             <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>
  83          </listitem>
  84          <listitem>
  85             <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>
  86          </listitem>
  87       </list>
  88       <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>
  89       <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>
  90       <list type="unordered">
  91          <listitem>
  92             <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>
  93          </listitem>
  94          <listitem>
  95             <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>
  96          </listitem>
  97       </list>
  98       <section id="relatedtopics">
  99          <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>
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