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+ <topic id="textscalcguiderename_tablexml" indexer="include">
+ <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Renaming Sheets</title>
+ <filename>/text/scalc/guide/rename_table.xhp</filename>
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+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150398"><bookmark_value>renaming;sheets</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>sheet tabs;renaming</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>tables;renaming</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>names; sheets</bookmark_value>
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+<h1 xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150398"><variable id="rename_table"><link href="text/scalc/guide/rename_table.xhp" name="Renaming Sheets">Renaming Sheets</link>
+</variable></h1>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id701519308848244" xml-lang="en-US">Setting sheet names is an important feature to produce readable and understandable spreadsheets documents.</paragraph>
+<tip xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155444">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.</tip>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id471607437423400">To rename a sheet in your document:</paragraph>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146976" role="listitem">Double-click the sheet tab or open its context menu and choose <menuitem>Rename Sheet</menuitem>. A dialog box appears where you can enter a new name.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149260" role="listitem">Enter a new name for the sheet and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149667" role="listitem">Alternatively, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option key
+</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt key</defaultinline></switchinline> and click on any sheet name and enter the new name directly.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+<note xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id471519308256437">The document can contain up to 10,000 individual sheets, which must have different names.</note>
+<h2 id="hd_id541607437294635">Sheet Naming Restrictions</h2>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502833" role="paragraph">Sheet names can contain almost any character. Some naming restrictions apply, the following characters are not allowed in sheet names:</paragraph>
+ <list type="unordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050281" role="paragraph">colon <literal>:</literal></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502897" role="paragraph">back slash <literal>\</literal></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050299" role="paragraph">forward slash <literal>/</literal></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
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+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050298" role="paragraph">asterisk <literal>*</literal></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502969" role="paragraph">left square bracket <literal>[</literal></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502910" role="paragraph">right square bracket <literal>]</literal></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502971" role="paragraph">single quote <literal>'</literal> as the first or last character of the name</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id761607437686157">The single quote is Unicode <literal>U+0027</literal>, also known as <literal>apostrophe</literal>. Other single-quote characters, similar to <literal>apostrophe</literal>, are allowed, such as <literal>ʼ</literal> <literal>‛</literal> and <literal>‚</literal>.</paragraph>
+<h2 id="hd_id251607438968588">Using a Default Prefix for Sheet Names</h2>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id81519309108908" xml-lang="en-US">You can set a prefix for the names of new sheets you create. Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><menuitem> - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Defaults</menuitem> and enter the prefix name in <emph>Prefix name for new worksheet</emph>.</paragraph>
+<h2 id="hd_id821607437571713">Referencing Sheet Names with Special Characters</h2>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050307" role="paragraph">In cell references, a sheet name must be enclosed in single quotes <literal>'</literal> when 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).</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id321519307869857" xml-lang="en-US">For example, you want to reference the <literal>cell A1</literal> on a sheet named <literal>This year's sheet</literal>.</paragraph>
+
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503054" role="paragraph"> The reference must be enclosed in single quotes, and the one single quote inside the name must be doubled: <literal>'This year''s sheet'.A1</literal></paragraph>
+ <section id="relatedtopics">
+ <embed href="text/scalc/guide/multitables.xhp#multitables"/>
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+ </body>
+</helpdocument>