Creating Names

Allows you to automatically name multiple cell ranges.

To access this command...

Choose Sheet - Named Ranges and Expressions - Create.

Select the area containing all the ranges that you want to name. Then choose Sheet - Named Ranges and Expressions - Create. This opens the Create Names dialogue box, from which you can select the naming options that you want.

Create names from

Defines which part of the spreadsheet is to be used for creating the name.

Top row

Creates the range names from the header row of the selected range. Each column receives a separated name and cell reference.

Left Column

Creates the range names from the entries in the first column of the selected sheet range. Each row receives a separated name and cell reference.

Bottom row

Creates the range names from the entries in the last row of the selected sheet range. Each column receives a separated name and cell reference.

Right Column

Creates the range names from the entries in the last column of the selected sheet range. Each row receives a separated name and cell reference.