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		<title>By: Jan</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-73195</link>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For clarity Jan = JKP (and not myself obviously.)</description>
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		<title>By: Jan</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-73170</link>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I opened up a 2003 file that had sheets previously used by Excel 2007, and in testing a formula for a macro I set the tools-options to R1C1 to simplify the formula, this all went fine until I tried to restore the settings to normal.  At this point a large list of &quot;sleeping&quot; 2007 style cell references/names activated errors in the name collection preventing me from returning back to A1 format.  I then proceeded to try to find a solution to the problem and read my own comment (which though memorable didn&#039;t really resolve my problem).  At this point rather than trying to rename all of the inconsistent name references I decided to close &amp; save the file shut down excel and restart it.  Luckily this managed to get around having to rename a million odd corrupt names.  Funny how small the Excel world is.
...If Dick,Tushar, fzz and Jan haven&#039;t already solved it its probably best to work it out your self.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I opened up a 2003 file that had sheets previously used by Excel 2007, and in testing a formula for a macro I set the tools-options to R1C1 to simplify the formula, this all went fine until I tried to restore the settings to normal.  At this point a large list of &#8220;sleeping&#8221; 2007 style cell references/names activated errors in the name collection preventing me from returning back to A1 format.  I then proceeded to try to find a solution to the problem and read my own comment (which though memorable didn&#8217;t really resolve my problem).  At this point rather than trying to rename all of the inconsistent name references I decided to close &amp; save the file shut down excel and restart it.  Luckily this managed to get around having to rename a million odd corrupt names.  Funny how small the Excel world is.<br />
&#8230;If Dick,Tushar, fzz and Jan haven&#8217;t already solved it its probably best to work it out your self.</p>
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		<title>By: JimC</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-58565</link>
		<dc:creator>JimC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Tushar - You&#039;re right.&lt;br&gt;
My bad - I didn&#039;t include the entire label name.  The &#039;ST&#039; at the end of &#039;C346&#039; seems to cause the problem.&lt;br&gt;
Selection.Name = &quot;C346ST!Labels&quot; fails (XL2010) but is ok when entered via &#039;Define Name&#039;.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tushar &#8211; You&#8217;re right.<br />
My bad &#8211; I didn&#8217;t include the entire label name.  The &#8216;ST&#8217; at the end of &#8216;C346&#8242; seems to cause the problem.<br />
Selection.Name = &#8220;C346ST!Labels&#8221; fails (XL2010) but is ok when entered via &#8216;Define Name&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: Tushar Mehta</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-58560</link>
		<dc:creator>Tushar Mehta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;JimC: Works just fine in 2010.  In the Immediate Window...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;overflow: auto; white-space: nowrap;&quot; class=&quot;codecolorer-container vb default&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot; class=&quot;vb codecolorer&quot;&gt;selection.name=&lt;span class=&quot;st0&quot;&gt;&quot;c346!abc&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
?selection.name.name&lt;br&gt;
&#039;c346&#039;!abc&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JimC: Works just fine in 2010.  In the Immediate Window&#8230;</p>
<div style="overflow: auto; white-space: nowrap;" class="codecolorer-container vb default">
<div style="white-space: nowrap;" class="vb codecolorer">selection.name=<span class="st0">&#8220;c346!abc&#8221;</span><br />
?selection.name.name<br />
&#8216;c346&#8242;!abc</div>
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		<title>By: JimC</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-58444</link>
		<dc:creator>JimC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;And there&#039;s inconsistency between the Excel&#039;s &quot;Define Name&quot; dialog and VBA.&lt;br&gt;
A local worksheet name of C346!Labels is legit when done via the name mangager but Selection.Name = &quot;C346!Labels&quot; fails complaing about a reserved name.  Change the worksheet name to xC346 and all is right with the world.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And there&#8217;s inconsistency between the Excel&#8217;s &#8220;Define Name&#8221; dialog and VBA.<br />
A local worksheet name of C346!Labels is legit when done via the name mangager but Selection.Name = &#8220;C346!Labels&#8221; fails complaing about a reserved name.  Change the worksheet name to xC346 and all is right with the world.</p>
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		<title>By: gruff999</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-38935</link>
		<dc:creator>gruff999</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Tushar, Dick has done what a lot of us, myself included, tend to do: Assume there will be nothing helpful in the built-in help. It&#039;s amazing how often this is true but Excel (Including VBA) tends to buck the trend.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The worst of it is when you forget to check your own notes on a subject, spend an hour working it all out again, then go to write it down and... find all your notes from the previous time.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tushar, Dick has done what a lot of us, myself included, tend to do: Assume there will be nothing helpful in the built-in help. It&#8217;s amazing how often this is true but Excel (Including VBA) tends to buck the trend.</p>
<p>The worst of it is when you forget to check your own notes on a subject, spend an hour working it all out again, then go to write it down and&#8230; find all your notes from the previous time.</p>
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		<title>By: Tushar Mehta</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-38898</link>
		<dc:creator>Tushar Mehta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Dick:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&#039;s interesting you chose to use ozgrid as your source for guidelines for naming cells.  Following your link leads to:&lt;br&gt;
* The first character of a name must be a letter or an underscore character. Remaining characters in the name can be letters, numbers, periods, and underscore characters.&lt;br&gt;
* Names cannot be the same as a cell reference, such as Z$100 or R1C1.&lt;br&gt;
* Spaces are not allowed. Underscore characters and periods may be used as word separators   for example, First. Quarter or Sales_Tax.&lt;br&gt;
* A name can contain up to 255 characters.&lt;br&gt;
* Names can contain uppercase and lowercase letters. Microsoft Excel does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters in names. For example, if you have created the name Sales and then create another name called SALES in the same workbook, the second name will replace the first one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, check Excel 2003 help for &#039;About labels and names in formulas&#039; particularly the section titled &#039;Guidelines&#039;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What characters are allowed? The first character of a name must be a letter, an underscore character (_), or a backslash (). Remaining characters in the name can be letters, numbers, periods, and underscore characters.&lt;br&gt;
Can names be cell references? Names cannot be the same as a cell reference, such as Z$100 or R1C1.&lt;br&gt;
Can more than one word be used? Yes, but spaces are not allowed. Underscore characters and periods may be used as word separators -- for example, Sales_Tax or First.Quarter.&lt;br&gt;
How many characters can be used? A name can contain up to 255 characters.&lt;br&gt;
Note  If a name defined for a range contains more than 253 characters, you cannot select it from the Name box.&lt;br&gt;
Are names case sensitive? Names can contain uppercase and lowercase letters. Microsoft Excel does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters in names. For example, if you have created the name Sales and then create another name called SALES in the same workbook, the second name will replace the first one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finally, check Excel 2007 help for &#039;Learn about syntax rules for names&#039;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* Valid characters  The first character of a name must be a letter, an underscore character (_), or a backslash (). Remaining characters in the name can be letters, numbers, periods, and underscore characters.&lt;br&gt;
 Note   You cannot use the uppercase and lowercase characters &quot;C&quot;, &quot;c&quot;, &quot;R&quot;, or &quot;r&quot; as a defined name, because they are all used as a shorthand for selecting a row or column for the currently selected cell when you enter them in a Name or Go To text box.&lt;br&gt;
* Cell references disallowed  Names cannot be the same as a cell reference, such as Z$100 or R1C1.&lt;br&gt;
* Spaces are not valid   Spaces are not allowed as part of a name. Use the underscore character (_) and period (.) as word separators, such as, Sales_Tax or First.Quarter.&lt;br&gt;
* Name length  A name can contain up to 255 characters.&lt;br&gt;
* Case sensitivity  Names can contain uppercase and lowercase letters. Excel does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters in names. For example, if you created the name Sales and then create another name called SALES in the same workbook, Excel prompts you to choose a unique name. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Going to the source (i.e., the Excel help files) leads to additional information about starting characters as well as other subtleties.  Additionally, there is a change in behavior in how Excel treats duplicate names (see the last rule in both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007)&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dick:</p>
<p>It&#8217;s interesting you chose to use ozgrid as your source for guidelines for naming cells.  Following your link leads to:<br />
* The first character of a name must be a letter or an underscore character. Remaining characters in the name can be letters, numbers, periods, and underscore characters.<br />
* Names cannot be the same as a cell reference, such as Z$100 or R1C1.<br />
* Spaces are not allowed. Underscore characters and periods may be used as word separators   for example, First. Quarter or Sales_Tax.<br />
* A name can contain up to 255 characters.<br />
* Names can contain uppercase and lowercase letters. Microsoft Excel does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters in names. For example, if you have created the name Sales and then create another name called SALES in the same workbook, the second name will replace the first one.</p>
<p>Now, check Excel 2003 help for &#8216;About labels and names in formulas&#8217; particularly the section titled &#8216;Guidelines&#8217;:</p>
<p>What characters are allowed? The first character of a name must be a letter, an underscore character (_), or a backslash (). Remaining characters in the name can be letters, numbers, periods, and underscore characters.<br />
Can names be cell references? Names cannot be the same as a cell reference, such as Z$100 or R1C1.<br />
Can more than one word be used? Yes, but spaces are not allowed. Underscore characters and periods may be used as word separators &#8212; for example, Sales_Tax or First.Quarter.<br />
How many characters can be used? A name can contain up to 255 characters.<br />
Note  If a name defined for a range contains more than 253 characters, you cannot select it from the Name box.<br />
Are names case sensitive? Names can contain uppercase and lowercase letters. Microsoft Excel does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters in names. For example, if you have created the name Sales and then create another name called SALES in the same workbook, the second name will replace the first one.</p>
<p>Finally, check Excel 2007 help for &#8216;Learn about syntax rules for names&#8217;</p>
<p>* Valid characters  The first character of a name must be a letter, an underscore character (_), or a backslash (). Remaining characters in the name can be letters, numbers, periods, and underscore characters.<br />
 Note   You cannot use the uppercase and lowercase characters &#8220;C&#8221;, &#8220;c&#8221;, &#8220;R&#8221;, or &#8220;r&#8221; as a defined name, because they are all used as a shorthand for selecting a row or column for the currently selected cell when you enter them in a Name or Go To text box.<br />
* Cell references disallowed  Names cannot be the same as a cell reference, such as Z$100 or R1C1.<br />
* Spaces are not valid   Spaces are not allowed as part of a name. Use the underscore character (_) and period (.) as word separators, such as, Sales_Tax or First.Quarter.<br />
* Name length  A name can contain up to 255 characters.<br />
* Case sensitivity  Names can contain uppercase and lowercase letters. Excel does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters in names. For example, if you created the name Sales and then create another name called SALES in the same workbook, Excel prompts you to choose a unique name. </p>
<p>Going to the source (i.e., the Excel help files) leads to additional information about starting characters as well as other subtleties.  Additionally, there is a change in behavior in how Excel treats duplicate names (see the last rule in both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007)</p>
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		<title>By: kanwaljit</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-38896</link>
		<dc:creator>kanwaljit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Jan,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wish if something like the &quot;Comments&quot; portion of Name Manager in Excel 2007 can be added to NM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;br&gt;
Kanwaljit&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jan,</p>
<p>I wish if something like the &#8220;Comments&#8221; portion of Name Manager in Excel 2007 can be added to NM.</p>
<p>Regards<br />
Kanwaljit</p>
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		<title>By: Jan Karel Pieterse</title>
		<link>http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/04/07/illegal-range-names/#comment-38891</link>
		<dc:creator>Jan Karel Pieterse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Kanwaljit:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The wvu names are inserted when you create custom views&lt;br&gt;
I forgot what the wrn&#039;s are for&lt;br&gt;
The Filter name is inserted when you use advanced filter.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kanwaljit:</p>
<p>The wvu names are inserted when you create custom views<br />
I forgot what the wrn&#8217;s are for<br />
The Filter name is inserted when you use advanced filter.</p>
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		<title>By: Too Many Thoughts » Blog Archive » Links for 08/04/09</title>
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		<dc:creator>Too Many Thoughts » Blog Archive » Links for 08/04/09</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] Daily dose of Excel name ranges - Good article on how to name ranges well       &#160; [link]&#160; [TB] [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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