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Use the Name Manager dialog box to work with all the defined names and table names in a workbook. For example, you may want to find names with errors, confirm the value and reference of a name, view or edit descriptive comments, or determine the scope.
On the Formulas tab, in the Defined Names group, click the arrow next to Define Name, and then click Apply Names. In the Apply names box, click one or more names, and then click OK . Switch between relative, absolute, and mixed references
Create a name for a 3-D reference. On the Formulas tab, in the Defined Names group, click Define Name. In the New Name dialog box, in the Name box, type the name you want to use for your reference. Names can be up to 255 characters in length.
When your formula has a reference to a name not defined in Excel, you see the #NAME? error. See the following example of a SUM function referring to Profit, which is an undefined name in the workbook. Solution: Define a name in Name Manager, and then add the name to the formula by following these steps:
In Excel for the web, you can use the named ranges you've defined in Excel for Windows or Mac. Select a name from the Name Box to go to the range's location, or use the Named Range in a formula. For now, creating a new Named Range in Excel for the web is not available.
Use the Name Manager dialog box to work with all the defined names and table names in a workbook. For example, you may want to find names with errors, confirm the value and reference of a name, view or edit descriptive comments, or determine the scope.
Select the range you want to name, including the row or column labels. Click Formulas > Create from Selection . In the Create Names from Selection dialog box, select the checkbox (es) depending on the location of your row/column header.
Structured reference: (DeptSales [ [#Totals], [Sales Amount]] and DeptSales [ [#Data], [Commission Amount]] are structured references, represented by a string that begins with the table name and ends with the column specifier. To create or edit structured references manually, use these syntax rules:
On the formula bar, click the arrow next to the Name Box, and select the name of the external data range that you want to copy. For an Excel table, select the name of the range, and then press CTRL+A to select the table headers.
When a chart has a legend displayed, you can modify the individual legend entries by editing the corresponding data on the worksheet. For additional editing options, or to modify legend entries without affecting the worksheet data, you can make changes to the legend entries in the Select Data Source dialog box.
You can insert a drop-down list of valid entries (also called a drop-down menu or drop-down box) in Excel to make data entry easier, or to limit entries to certain items that you define.