May I recommend a useful search engine called Google? (or another search
engine if you prefer):

http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AIM/CCSOcour...sics_doc2.html
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/files/FurExcelXPCourseNotes.pdf
http://cs.union.edu/~fernandc/csc050/notes/excel.html
http://www.gre.ac.uk/__data/assets/p...6236/excel.pdf
http://www.techdocs.ku.edu/docs/exce...troduction.pdf
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/compcntr/g...xcelbasics.pdf
and countless others.

It is what Microsoft refer to as the "name box", not the "reference area".
--
David Biddulph

"Meghna" wrote in message
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what is meant by a reference area in an Excel worksheet ?