When you need to perform complex data analysis in an Excel worksheet, many formulas are often written. However, these complex formulas are a headache. If you are good at using names when writing formulas, this greatly improves the readability of formulas and makes it easier to maintain worksheets. The following describes how to define related names in a worksheet.
Procedure:
1. Excel provides many methods for defining names. Execute the "definition name" command in the "definition name" option group on the "formula" tab to define your own name, click "define name" to open the "new name" dialog box, as shown in Figure 1:
2. Enter the formula name in the "name" text box, and enter the address reference of the referenced cell or cell in the "reference location" text box, after "name" and "reference location" are set, you can change the applicability of the name in the "range" text box, and click "OK" to create the name, figure 2:
3. You can also select the cell area and click Create according to selected content in the "defined name" comment group, as shown in Figure 3:
4. In the pop-up "create a name in the selected region", select "first row, leftmost row, last column, rightmost column" as the formula name, and click "OK, the formula name is created, as shown in Figure 4:
5. You can also use the name box to quickly define the name. First, select the cell area, enter the corresponding name in the name box, and then press Enter, figure 5:
6. Click "name manager" in the "name defined" Workbook group. All the names defined in the current workbook are displayed in the "Name Manager" dialog box, as shown in Figure 6:
