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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="namenfestlegentext"><ahelp hid=".uno:DefineName">Opens a dialog where you can specify a name for a selected area or a name for a formula expression.</ahelp>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154123" xml-lang="en-US">Use the mouse to define ranges or type the reference into the <emph>Define Name </emph>dialog fields.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155131" xml-lang="en-US">The <emph>Sheet Area</emph> box on the Formula bar contains a list of defined names for the ranges or formula expressions and their scope between parenthesis. Click a name from this box to highlight the corresponding reference on the spreadsheet. Names given formulas or parts of a formula are not listed here.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151118" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Name</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163712" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the name of the area for which you want to define a reference or a formula expression.</ahelp> All area names already defined in the spreadsheet are listed in the text field above. If you click a name on the list, the corresponding reference in the document will be shown with a blue frame. If multiple cell ranges belong to the same area name, they are displayed with different colored frames.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147435" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">The reference of the selected area name is shown here as an absolute value.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146986" xml-lang="en-US">To insert a new area reference, place the cursor in this field and use your mouse to select the desired area in any sheet of your spreadsheet document. To insert a new named formula, type the formula expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="hd_id31547291" xml-lang="en-US" level="2"><ahelp hid=".">Select the scope of the named range or named formula. Document (Global) means the name is valid for the whole document.</ahelp> Any other sheet name selected will restrict the scope of the named range or formula expression to that sheet. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149958" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Allows you to specify the <emph>Area type</emph> (optional) for the reference.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155416" xml-lang="en-US">Defines additional options related to the type of reference area.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150751" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Defines the area as a print range.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155766" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Defines the selected area to be used in an <link href="text/scalc/01/12040300.xhp" name="advanced filter">advanced filter</link>.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149565" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Defines the area as a repeating column.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150300" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Defines the area as a repeating row.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159236" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Click the <emph>Add</emph> button to add a new defined name.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150301" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/managenamesdialog/names" visibility="hidden">Select a named range or named formula from the list to modify its properties.</ahelp></paragraph>
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