1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*5b00253eSmseidel 302dbb15cSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4*5b00253eSmseidel * 502dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 602dbb15cSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 702dbb15cSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 802dbb15cSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 902dbb15cSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1002dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1102dbb15cSAndrew Rist * with the License. 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A dialog box appears where you can enter a new name.</paragraph> 47*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 48*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 49*5b00253eSmseidel<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> 50*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 51*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 52*5b00253eSmseidel<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 53cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt key</defaultinline></switchinline> and click on any sheet name and enter the new name directly.</paragraph> 54*5b00253eSmseidel<embed href="text/shared/00/00000099.xhp#winmanager"/> 55*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 56*5b00253eSmseidel</list> 57*5b00253eSmseidel<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> 58*5b00253eSmseidel<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> 59*5b00253eSmseidel<list type="unordered"> 60*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 61*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050281" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">colon :</paragraph> 62*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 63*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 64*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502897" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">back slash \</paragraph> 65*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 66*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 67*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050299" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">forward slash /</paragraph> 68*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 69*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 70*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502913" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">question mark ?</paragraph> 71*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 72*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 73*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050298" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">asterisk *</paragraph> 74*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 75*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 76*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502969" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">left square bracket [</paragraph> 77*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 78*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 79*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502910" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">right square bracket ]</paragraph> 80*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 81*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 82*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502971" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">single quote ' as the first or last character of the name</paragraph> 83*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 84*5b00253eSmseidel</list> 85*5b00253eSmseidel<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> 86*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503071" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">This year's sheet</paragraph> 87*5b00253eSmseidel<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> 88*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503069" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">'This year''s sheet'.A1</paragraph> 89*5b00253eSmseidel<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> 90*5b00253eSmseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 91*5b00253eSmseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/multitables.xhp#multitables"/> 92*5b00253eSmseidel</section> 93*5b00253eSmseidel</body> 94*5b00253eSmseidel</helpdocument> 95