I only have XL2003 on my PC, so I'm not sure if this
works in earlier versions:

1. Press Ctrl+F3 and type in a defined name.
2. Click in the "Refers To:" box.
3. Delete what's in there.
4. While holding down the <Shift key, select the range
on the first sheet, click the second sheet tab, select
the same range, and continue on to the last sheet.
5. Press OK.

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I have no problem naming ranges of cells in XL. However,
I have the
following scenario that I can't find a solution to:

Imagine you have 5 identical worksheets. You want to
highlight a data range
which is also indentical in each worksheet.

Can you create 1 range name that applies to a range of
cells on each
worksheet, rather than having to create 5 different
named ranges (1 for each
worksheet)?

It is odd because if you have 1 worksheet, name a range,
and then make 4
copies, they will all have the same range under the same
name - so it must be
possible to do it the other way around?

You might say: if they are identical, then go back to
just one, create the
named range, and then make 4 copies to get the 5 sheets.
However this is not
feasible for me for reasons I can't really go into (work
related).

I hope the above makes sense to people.

Many thanks in advance for any clues.

Pete
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