part of "Mark Twenhafel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> original message said:

Here's my question:
I kept thinking that "named ranges" would be a good mechanism to use, as I remembered "named ranges" of cells from Excel. In OOo, however, named ranges seem only to be used in association with forms (controls) that are bound to a database. I never saw a way of naming a range of cells and then being able to refer to the range by name; something defining "Dec_Consmpn_Txns = C3:C88". Does this exist in OOo? If not, is there a rationale for excluding it?

Mark, you can use named ranges in formulas, where the formula refers to one or more named ranges. For example, if you define the range "Dec_Consmpn_Txns" as C3:C88 by highlighting that range of cells and then using the menus INSERT > NAMES > DEFINE and type in the "Dec_Consmpn_Txns" in the Name field, you can extract the total of the cells in that range with a formula, located anywhere else in your sheet: =SUM(Dec_Consmpn_Txns).

John V




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