<p class="P2">Click the name of the sheet that you want to change, e.g. "Sheet1".</p>
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<p class="P2">Open the context menu and choose the <help:key-word value="Rename" tag="kw68088_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><span class="T1">Rename</span> command. <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>A dialog box appears where you can enter a new name.</p>
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<p class="P2">Enter a new name for the sheet and click <span class="T1">OK</span>.</p>
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<p class="P2">Alternatively hold down the <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Option key</help:case><help:default>(Alt)-key</help:default></help:switch> and click on any sheet name and enter the new name directly.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The name of a sheet may consist only of letters and numbers. Spaces are also permitted.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">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. The document can contain up to 256 individual sheets which can have different names.</p>