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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Referencing a Cell in Another Document</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147436"><bookmark_value>sheet references</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>references; to cells in other sheets/documents</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; operating in another document</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>documents;references</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw made "sheet references;" a one level entry</comment><comment>MW changed "references;" and added "documents;"</comment>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9663075" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In a sheet cell you can show a reference to a cell in another sheet.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1879329" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the same way, a reference can also be made to a cell from another document provided that this document has already been saved as a file.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7122409" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Reference a Cell in the Same Document</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2078005" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Open a new, empty spreadsheet.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4943693" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">By way of example, enter the following formula in cell A1 of Sheet1:</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7609790" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Sheet 2</emph> tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Set the cursor in cell A1 there and enter text or a number.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id809961" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">If you switch back to Sheet1, you will see the same content in cell A1 there. If the contents of Sheet2.A1 change, then the contents of Sheet1.A1 also change.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9209570" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Reference a Cell in Another Document</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5949278" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph>, to load an existing spreadsheet document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8001953" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - New</emph>, to open a new spreadsheet document. Set the cursor in the cell where you want to insert the external data and enter an equals sign to indicate that you want to begin a formula.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8571123" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Now switch to the document you have just loaded. Click the cell with the data that you want to insert in the new document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8261665" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Switch back to the new spreadsheet. In the input line you will now see how $[officename] Calc has added the reference to the formula for you. </paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5888241" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The reference to a cell of another document contains the name of the other document in single inverted commas, then a hash #, then the name of the sheet of the other document, followed by a point and the name of the cell.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7697683" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Confirm the formula by clicking the green check mark.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7099826" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">If you drag the box in the lower right corner of the active cell to select a range of cells, $[officename] automatically inserts the corresponding references in the adjacent cells. As a result, the sheet name is preceded with a "$" sign to designate it as an absolute reference.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id674459" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">If you examine the name of the other document in this formula, you will notice that it is written as a <link href="text/shared/00/00000002.xhp#url" name="URL">URL</link>. This means that you can also enter a URL from the Internet.</paragraph>
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