<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--*********************************************************** * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ***********************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textscalcguidecellreference_dragdropxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Referencing Cells by Drag-and-Drop</title> <filename>/text/scalc/guide/cellreference_dragdrop.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154686"> <bookmark_value>drag and drop; referencing cells</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>cells; referencing by drag and drop </bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>references;inserting by drag and drop</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>inserting;references, by drag and drop</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154686" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="16"><variable id="cellreference_dragdrop"><link href="text/scalc/guide/cellreference_dragdrop.xhp" name="Referencing Cells by Drag-and-Drop">Referencing Cells by Drag-and-Drop</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156444" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="17">With the help of the Navigator you can reference cells from one sheet to another sheet in the same document or in a different document. The cells can be inserted as a copy, link, or hyperlink. The range to be inserted must be defined with a name in the original file so that it can be inserted in the target file.</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152576" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="25">Open the document that contains the source cells.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154011" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="26">To set the source range as the range, select the cells and choose <emph>Insert - Names - Define</emph>. Save the source document, and do not close it.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151073" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="18">Open the sheet in which you want to insert something.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154732" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="19">Open the <link href="text/scalc/01/02110000.xhp" name="Navigator">Navigator</link>. In the lower box of the Navigator select the source file.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150752" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="22">In the Navigator, the source file object appears under "Range names".</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154754" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="27">Using the <emph>Drag Mode</emph> icon in Navigator, choose whether you want the reference to be a hyperlink, link, or copy.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154256" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="23">Click the name under "Range names" in the Navigator, and drag into the cell of the current sheet where you want to insert the reference.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149565" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="24">This method can also be used to insert a range from another sheet of the same document into the current sheet. Select the active document as source in step 4 above.</paragraph> <section id="relatedtopics"> <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/> <embed href="text/shared/guide/dragdrop.xhp#dragdrop"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>