/text/scalc/01/04070300.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. cell ranges;creating names automatically names; for cell ranges Creating Names Allows you to automatically name multiple cell ranges.

Select the area containing all the ranges that you want to name. Then choose Sheet - Named Ranges and Expressions - Create. This opens the Create Names dialog, from which you can select the naming options that you want. Create names from Defines which part of the spreadsheet is to be used for creating the name. Top row Creates the range names from the header row of the selected range. Each column receives a separated name and cell reference. Left Column Creates the range names from the entries in the first column of the selected sheet range. Each row receives a separated name and cell reference. Bottom row Creates the range names from the entries in the last row of the selected sheet range. Each column receives a separated name and cell reference. Right Column Creates the range names from the entries in the last column of the selected sheet range. Each row receives a separated name and cell reference.