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<p class="Paragraph">SOT Office can correlate names with areas for the most part automatically, as long as you have entered the row and column coordinates. Refer to the following illustration.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The automatic formula recognition allows you to enter, for example, the formula =SUM(January) in cell B8. This formula can then be copied to the right. Cell C8 automatically shows the formula =SUM(February), cell D8 =SUM(March), and so on. This feature also works for horizontal calculations. Try it out by entering the formula =SUM(London) in cell E4. The New York entry is a special case: Because this name contains a space, it must be enclosed in single quotation marks: =SUM('New York').</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Automatic recognition does not work with formulas. You cannot enter the formula =SUM(sum) in cell E8. Instead you must enter =SUM(B8:D8) or =SUM(E3:E6). The latter formula will also be inserted automatically if you place the cursor in cell E8 and click the Sum icon in the Formula bar.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">This function is active by default. If you want, you can turn it off under <span class="T1">Tools - Options... - Spreadsheet Document - Calculate</span>. Remove the check in the check box in front of <span class="T1">Automatically find column and row labels</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can also define the names yourself with <help:link Id="66860" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">
<p class="Paragraph">To have names automatically recognized, the names must consist of alphanumeric characters and the first character must be a letter. If you want to use non-alphanumeric characters (including spaces), enclose the names in single quotation marks ('). If a single quotation mark appears in a name, e.g., <span class="T1">Jan '97</span>, you have to enter a backslash in front of the quotation mark (<span class="T1">Jan \'97</span>). This type of referencing is not compatible with earlier versions of the software.</p>