Chapter 1. Range names

Questions answered in this chapter:

  • I want the total sales in Arizona, California, Montana, New York, and New Jersey. Can I use a formula to compute the total sales in a form such as AZ+CA+MT+NY+NJ instead of SUM(A21:A25) and still get the right answer?

  • What does a formula such as Average(A:A) do?

  • What is the difference between a name with workbook scope and one with worksheet scope?

  • I really am getting to like range names. I have started defining range names for many of the workbooks I have developed at the office. However, the range names do not show up in my formulas. How can I make recently created range names show up in previously created formulas?

  • How can I paste a list of all range names (and the cells they represent) ...

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