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# Manage Names

Opens a dialog where you can manage names in the spreadsheet.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose Sheet - Named Ranges and Expressions - Manage.

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose Insert - Manage Names.

Choose Data - Manage Names.

On the Insert menu of the Insert tab, choose Manage.

#### From toolbars:

Manage Names

#### From the keyboard:

Command Ctrl + F3

#### Other

On the drop-down list in the Name Box of the Formula Bar, select Manage Names.

## Names area

Select a named range or named formula from the list to modify its properties.

### Name

Enter the name of the area for which you want to define a reference or a formula expression. All area names already defined in the spreadsheet are listed in the text field above. If you click a name on the list, the corresponding reference in the document will be shown with a blue frame. If multiple cell ranges belong to the same area name, they are displayed with different colored frames.

### Range or formula expression

The reference of the selected area name is shown here as an absolute value.

To insert a new area reference, place the cursor in this field and use your mouse to select the desired area in any sheet of your spreadsheet document. To insert a new named formula, type the formula expression.

### Shrink / Expand

Click the Shrink icon to reduce the dialog to the size of the input field. It is then easier to mark the required reference in the sheet. The icons then automatically convert to the Expand icon. Click it to restore the dialog to its original size.

The dialog is automatically minimized when you click into a sheet with the mouse. As soon as you release the mouse button, the dialog is restored and the reference range defined with the mouse is highlighted in the document by a blue frame.

Shrink

Expand

### Scope

Select the scope of the named range or named formula. Document (Global) means the name is valid for the whole document. Any other sheet name selected will restrict the scope of the named range or formula expression to that sheet.

### Range options

Allows you to specify the Area type (optional) for the reference.

Defines additional options related to the type of reference area.

#### Print range

Defines the area as a print range.

#### Filter

Defines the selected area to be used in an advanced filter.

#### Repeat column

Defines the area as a repeating column.

#### Repeat row

Defines the area as a repeating row.

### Add

Click the Add button to add a new defined name.

### Delete

Deletes the selected element or elements after confirmation.