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As usual - you guys never let me down - I now fully
understand the use of Creating Names and it saves heaps of time. Thanks for all your tips, websites and examples. Indebted Ann -----Original Message----- Ann InsertNameCreateTop row/Left Column is a whole 'nother ball of wax than InsertNameDefine. Jim is on the right track as far as I'm concerned. Then you can use intersect operations to return values from a grid. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:28:39 -0800, "Ann Shaw" wrote: Guys Guys Guys please - you both helped me a lot over here in little olde Dublin, Ireland. Much appreciated. Hope you got my email Bob - any help on Macros would be great and thanks a million both Bob and Jim!!!! Kind regards Ann -----Original Message----- Hi Jim, Funny how language is so multi-facetted isn't it :-). Makes being a highly-paid lawyer easy :-( Ann, we all wait with bated breath <g Bob "Jim Rech" wrote in message . .. When I read your response, Bob, I thought 'that's a great tip but not what the OP was asking'.<g So I thought I'd answer her actual question which I took to be "how do I use the Create Names dialog?", not "why should I use names?". If Ann comes back maybe she can tell us who was more perceptive this morning...<g -- Jim Rech Excel MVP "Bob Phillips" wrote in message ... | Jim, | | That's a great tip, but (and this is not meant as criticism, just extra help | for Ann) from the tone of the OP I think Ann would benefit from some ideas | on how to deploy such names. Some occur to me, but as I presume you actually | use this technique I will leave it to you to | | Regards | | Bob | | | "Jim Rech" wrote in message | ... | Insert Names is a fast and convenient way to assign defined names to cells | adjacent to labels, using those labels. An example makes this easier to | follow: | | -Enter 3 names in cells A1:A3 (say Jones, Brown, Smith). | -Select the 6 cell range A1:B3. | -Open the Insert Names dialog (Ctrl-Shift-F3 is a shortcut). | -Select the Left Column option (it may be selected automatically). | -Click OK. | | Cells B1:B3 will now have the names Jones, Brown and Smith. | | Has you selected a range with more columns, like A1:D3, then the names | would | have been assigned to the range B1:D1, B2:D2 and B3:D3. | | | -- | Jim Rech | Excel MVP | "Ann Shaw" wrote in message | ... | | Hi | | | | I was recently asked in a training class why a person | | would use Insert Name Create and I did not know about | | this. I usually show my students how to define names from | | selected cells. Could you please give me an example of | | when I might use Create and what does the dialog box mean | | that pops up Top Row, Left Column etc.. | | | | Many thanks | | | | Ann | | | | . . |
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