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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150398" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="rename_table"><link href="text/scalc/guide/rename_table.xhp" name="Renaming Sheets">Renaming Sheets</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id701519308848244" xml-lang="en-US">Setting sheet names is an important feature to produce readable and understandable spreadsheets documents. To rename a sheet in your document:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155131" role="listitem">Click on the sheet tab to select it.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146976" role="listitem">Open the context menu of the sheet tab and choose the <emph>Rename Sheet</emph> command. A dialog box appears where you can enter a new name.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149260" role="listitem">Enter a new name for the sheet and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149667" role="listitem">Alternatively, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option key
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt key</defaultinline></switchinline> and click on any sheet name and enter the new name directly.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502833" role="paragraph">Sheet names can contain almost any character. Some naming restrictions apply, the following characters are not allowed in sheet names:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050298" role="paragraph">asterisk *</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502969" role="paragraph">left square bracket [</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502971" role="paragraph">single quote ' as the first or last character of the name</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050307" role="tip">In cell references, a sheet name must be enclosed in single quotes ' when the name contains other characters than alphanumeric or underscore. A single quote contained within a name has to be escaped by doubling it (two single quotes).</paragraph>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id321519307869857" xml-lang="en-US">For example, you want to reference the cell A1 on a sheet with the following name:</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503071" role="code">This year's sheet</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503054" role="paragraph">The reference must be enclosed in single quotes, and the one single quote inside the name must be doubled:</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503069" role="code">'This year''s sheet'.A1</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155444" role="tip">The name of a sheet is independent of the name of the spreadsheet. You enter the spreadsheet name when you save it for the first time as a file.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id471519308256437" role="note">The document can contain up to 10,000 individual sheets, which must have different names.</paragraph>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id81519309108908" xml-lang="en-US">You can set a prefix for the names of new sheets you create. See <link href="text/shared/optionen/01061000.xhp" name="prefix names">this page of Calc options.</link></paragraph>
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