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<p class="Paragraph">With the help of the Navigator you can reference cells from one spreadsheet in another sheet in the same document or in another document. The cells can be inserted as a copy, link or hyperlink. The range to be inserted must be defined in the original file with a name so that it can be inserted in the target file.</p>
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<p class="P2">Open the document that contains the source cells.</p>
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<p class="P2">The source range should be set as the range, e.g. by selecting the cells and the menu command <span class="T1">Insert - Names - Define</span>. If you have only now defined the range, save the source document again.</p>
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<p class="P2">In addition, open the sheet in which you want to insert something as the current sheet.</p>
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<p class="P2">Open the <help:link Id="66782" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Navigator</help:link>. In the lower combo box of the navigator select the source file.</p>
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<p class="P2">You will now see in the navigator the source file object and, inter alia, the ranges defined there.</p>
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<p class="P2">With the <span class="T1">Drag mode</span> icon in Navigator choose if you want the reference to be a hyperlink, link, or copy.</p>
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<p class="P2">Click the entry "Area names" in the Navigator, and drag the desired area into the cell of the active sheet where you want to insert the reference.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">This method can also be used to insert an area from a different sheet of the same document into the active sheet.</p>
