Comments on: Create Names

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:16:00 +0000

My favorite (but not only) use for the Name Manager is to switch between local and global names. I also like the ability to filter my view and to multi-select names for whatever operation I wish to perform (like localizing names!).

I think my three favorite Excel add-ins are the Name Manager, Rob Bovey's Chart Labeler, and Stephen Bullen's Code Indenter (which is actually a VBE add-in).

By: jkpieterse

jkpieterse — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:20:00 +0000

Which is what I use Name Manager for too: select all newly created names and hit the localise button.

By: Mpemba

Mpemba — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:08:00 +0000

The main problem I have with "Names Create" is that it gives all the names global scope (instead of being worksheet level).

I much prefer sheet-level names unless I have a compelling reason to share them at the workbook level.

By: jkpieterse

jkpieterse — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:54:00 +0000

I use this a lot in conjunction with my Name Manager (http://www.jkp-ads.com/officemarketplacenm-en.htm):

- Insert, Create names
- Open Name Manager and have it create a list of names (also available through Insert, Name, Paste although Name Manager also pastes hidden names)
- Edit the refersto formulas in the worksheet, e.g. to make them dynamic. This is great, because I can use text functions to build the formulas.
- Open Name Manager and click the button to update the names with the refersto formulas that have been edited in the cells.

By: XL-Dennis

XL-Dennis — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:56:00 +0000

Using shortcut:

1. Select the whole used range by using Ctrl+A.
2. Ctrl+Shift+F3 to show the dialog Create Names.

And yes I’m a power user when it comes to use names in this context

Kind regards,
Dennis

By: Rob van Gelder

Rob van Gelder — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:35:00 +0000

Nice. It should have occurred to me that names expand with querytables.

I use a Name for each column too.

For non-external tables, I'll first find the number of rows... assuming there is a non-blank column available.
Table_RowCount: =COUNTA($A:$A)
Then for each column:
Table_Column1: =OFFSET($A$1, 1, 0, Table_RowCount - 1)

I'm really looking forward to Excel 12 where RowCount becomes obsolete, but that's another story.

Rob