1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textscalcguiderename_tablexml" indexer="include"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Renaming Sheets</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/scalc/guide/rename_table.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150398"><bookmark_value>renaming;sheets</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>sheet tabs;renaming</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>tables;renaming</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>names; sheets</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw made "renaming sheets" a two level entry.</comment> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150398" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="11"><variable id="rename_table"><link href="text/scalc/guide/rename_table.xhp" name="Renaming Sheets">Renaming Sheets</link> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155131" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">Click the name of the sheet that you want to change.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146976" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="13">Open the context menu and choose the <emph>Rename Sheet</emph> command. A dialog box appears where you can enter a new name.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149260" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="15">Enter a new name for the sheet and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149667" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="27">Alternatively, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option key 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt key</defaultinline></switchinline> and click on any sheet name and enter the new name directly.</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00000099.xhp#winmanager"/> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502833" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Sheet names can contain almost any character. Some naming restrictions apply when you want to save the spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel format.</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050283" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">When saving to Microsoft Excel format, the following characters are not allowed in sheet names:</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="unordered"> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050281" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">colon :</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502897" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">back slash \</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050299" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">forward slash /</paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502913" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">question mark ?</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050298" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">asterisk *</paragraph> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502969" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">left square bracket [</paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502910" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">right square bracket ]</paragraph> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502971" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">single quote ' as the first or last character of the name</paragraph> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050307" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In cell references, a sheet name has to be enclosed in single quotes ' if 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). For example, you want to reference the cell A1 on a sheet with the following name:</paragraph> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503071" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">This year's sheet</paragraph> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503054" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The reference must be enclosed in single quotes, and the one single quote inside the name must be doubled:</paragraph> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503069" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">'This year''s sheet'.A1</paragraph> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155444" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="16">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. The document can contain up to 256 individual sheets, which can have different names.</paragraph> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="relatedtopics"> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/guide/multitables.xhp#multitables"/> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>