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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Recognizing Names as Addressing</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148797"><bookmark_value>automatic addressing in tables</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>natural language addressing</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>formulas; using row/column labels</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>text in cells; as addressing</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>addressing; automatic</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>name recognition on/off</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>row headers;using in formulas</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>column headers;using in formulas</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>columns; finding labels automatically</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>rows; finding labels automatically</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>recognizing; column and row labels</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152597" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">You can use cells with text to refer to the rows or to the columns that contain the cells.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154512" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="22">In the example spreadsheet, you can use the string <item type="literal">'Column One'</item> in a formula to refer to the cell range <item type="literal">B3</item> to <item type="literal">B5</item>, or <item type="literal">'Column Two'</item> for the cell range <item type="literal">C2</item> to <item type="literal">C5</item>. You can also use <item type="literal">'Row One'</item> for the cell range <item type="literal">B3</item> to <item type="literal">D3</item>, or <item type="literal">'Row Two'</item> for the cell range <item type="literal">B4</item> to <item type="literal">D4</item>. The result of a formula that uses a cell name, for example, <item type="literal">SUM('Column One')</item>, is 600.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155443" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="24">This function is active by default. To turn this function off, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</emph> and clear the <emph>Automatically find column and row labels</emph> check box.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149210" role="tip" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">If you want a name to be automatically recognized by Calc, the name must start with a letter and be composed of alphanumeric characters. If you enter the name in the formula yourself, enclose the name in single quotation marks ('). If a single quotation mark appears in a name, you must enter a backslash in front of the quotation mark, for example, <item type="literal">'Harry\'s Bar'.</item>
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