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Exploring Microsoft Excel's Hidden Treasures

You're reading from   Exploring Microsoft Excel's Hidden Treasures Turbocharge your Excel proficiency with expert tips, automation techniques, and overlooked features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803243948
Length 444 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Improving Accessibility
2. Chapter 1: Implementing Accessibility FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Disaster Recovery and File-Related Prompts 4. Chapter 3: Quick Access Toolbar Treasures 5. Chapter 4: Conditional Formatting 6. Part 2:Spreadsheet Interactivity and Automation
7. Chapter 5: Data Validation and Form Controls 8. Chapter 6: What-If Analysis 9. Chapter 7: Automating Tasks with the Table Feature 10. Chapter 8: Custom Views 11. Chapter 9: Excel Quirks and Nuances 12. Part 3: Data Analysis
13. Chapter 10: Lookup and Dynamic Array Functions 14. Chapter 11: Names, LET, and LAMBDA 15. Chapter 12: Power Query 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Naming worksheet cells

Naming worksheet cells allows you to reference a cell or block of cells by way of a Name that you assign instead of a cell reference. You can use Names and cell references interchangeably in your spreadsheets. Excel offers four ways to assign Names to cells: Name Box, Create from Selection, Define Name, and Name Manager. There are a couple of rules to keep in mind:

  • Names must begin with a letter, underscore (_), or backslash (\), so 2024TAX is not a valid Name.
  • Names can be as short as a single letter, but you cannot assign the letters C or R as a name. This is because you when type C in the Name Box and press Enter Excel will select the current column, while R and Enter selects the current row.
  • Names cannot be the same as any cell reference, such as TAX2024. The last column in an Excel worksheet is XFD, so combining a word with one to three letters and a number together will constitute an invalid name.
  • Names cannot contain spaces, so TAX...
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