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diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.xhp new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2864725f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<helpdocument version="1.0"> + +<!-- + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * + * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: + * + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed + * with this work for additional information regarding copyright + * ownership. 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You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . + --> + + +<meta> + <topic id="textscalcguidevalue_with_namexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> + <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Naming Cells</title> + <filename>/text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.xhp</filename> + </topic> + </meta> + <body> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147434"><bookmark_value>cells; defining names</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>names; defining for cells</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>values; defining names</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>constants definition</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>variables; defining names</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>cell ranges; defining names</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>defining;names for cell ranges</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>formulas; defining names</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>addressing; by defined names</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>cell names; defining/addressing</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>references; by defined names</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>allowed cell names</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>renaming;cells</bookmark_value> +</bookmark><comment>mw changed "names;...", "addressing;..." and "references,..." entries.</comment><comment>mw added "renaming;"</comment> +<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147434" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="value_with_name"><link href="text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.xhp" name="Naming Cells">Naming Cells</link> +</variable></paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id4391918" role="heading" level="2">Allowed names</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2129581" role="paragraph">Names in Calc can contain letters, numeric characters, and some special characters. Names must start with a letter or an underline character.</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1120029" role="paragraph">Allowed special characters:</paragraph> + <list type="unordered"> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3362224" role="paragraph">underline (_) </paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4891506" role="paragraph">period (.) - allowed within a name, but not as first or last character</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2816553" role="paragraph">blank ( ) - allowed within a name, but not as first or last character, and not for a cell range</paragraph> + </listitem> + </list> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id328989" role="paragraph">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> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id32898987" role="paragraph">Names must not start with the letters C or R followed by a number; also single characters C and R are not allowed as names. See the ADDRESS function for more information.</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4769737" role="paragraph">Names for cell ranges must not include blanks. Blanks are allowed within names for single cells, sheets and documents.</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id1226233" role="heading" level="2">Naming cells and formulas</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5489364" role="paragraph">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> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id953398" role="paragraph">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> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4889675" role="paragraph">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> + <list type="ordered"> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153954" role="listitem">Select a cell or range of cells, then choose <emph>Sheet - Named Ranges and Expressions - Define</emph>. The <emph>Define Names</emph> dialog appears.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156283" role="listitem">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> + </listitem> + </list> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5774101" role="paragraph">You can also name other cell ranges in this dialog by entering the name in the field and then selecting the respective cells.</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154942" role="paragraph">If you type the name in a formula, after the first few characters entered you will see the entire name as a tip.</paragraph> + <list type="unordered"> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154510" role="listitem">Press the Enter key in order to accept the name from the tip.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150749" role="listitem">If more than one name starts with the same characters, you can scroll forward through all the names using the Ctrl + Tab keys and backward using the Shift + Ctrl + Tab keys.<comment>mw copied contents from Calc guide address_byname.xhp</comment></paragraph> + </listitem> + </list> + <section id="relatedtopics"> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153711" role="paragraph"><link href="text/scalc/01/04070100.xhp" name="Sheet - Named Ranges and Expressions - Define">Sheet - Named Ranges and Expressions - Define</link></paragraph> + <embed href="text/scalc/guide/goalseek.xhp#goalseek"/> + <embed href="text/scalc/guide/relativ_absolut_ref.xhp#relativ_absolut_ref"/> + <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> +</section> + </body> +</helpdocument> |