Microsoft Excel Name Manager For Mac
This Excel tutorial explains how to define a named range in Excel 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).
See solution in other versions of Excel:
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. How to manage range names using the Name Manager for Microsoft Excel. Range names can be a very useful in Microsoft Excel. You can use them for quick navigation to any location by pressing F5 and selecting a range name. The menu item is titled 'Name Manager'. In Excel 2007-2010, you will find this menu under the Add-ins ribbon. Define and use names in formulas In this course: Overview of formulas in Excel Article; VLOOKUP. 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. Use the Name Manager in Excel. Learn more about names in formulas.
If you want to follow along with this tutorial, download the example spreadsheet.
Question: In Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac, how do I set up a named range so that I can use it in a formula?
Answer: A named range is a descriptive name for a collection of cells or range in a worksheet. To add a named range, select the range of cells that you wish to name. In this example, we've selected all cells in column A.
Under the Insert menu, select Name > Define.
When the Define Name window appears, enter a descriptive name for the range. The name can be up to 255 characters in length. In this example, we've entered Order_ID as the name for the range.
Then in the 'Refers to' box, enter the range of cells that the name applies to. In this example, the range is automatically set to =Sheet1!$A:$A because this is the range of cells that we previously highlighted.
Then click on the OK button. Microsoft office 2011 for mac tpb.
Excel Name Manager
Now when you return to the spreadsheet, you will see the name Order_ID appear in the Name box (circled in red in the image below). The Name box can be found at the left end of the formula box. Now whenever you select column A, you will see this range name appear in the Name box.
Now that you have set up this named range, you can use Order_ID in formulas to refer to Column A in Sheet1.
For example:
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This SUM formula would add up all of the Order ID values in column A of Sheet1.