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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156444" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="17">With the help of the Navigator you can reference cells from one sheet to another sheet in the same document or in a different document. The cells can be inserted as a copy, link, or hyperlink. The range to be inserted must be defined with a name in the original file so that it can be inserted in the target file.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154011" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="26">To set the source range as the range, select the cells and choose <emph>Sheet - Named Ranges and Expressions - Define</emph>. Save the source document, and do not close it.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151073" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="18">Open the sheet in which you want to insert something.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154732" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="19">Open the <link href="text/scalc/01/02110000.xhp" name="Navigator">Navigator</link>. In the lower box of the Navigator select the source file.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150752" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="22">In the Navigator, the source file object appears under "Range names".</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154754" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="27">Using the <emph>Drag Mode</emph> icon in Navigator, choose whether you want the reference to be a hyperlink, link, or copy.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154256" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="23">Click the name under "Range names" in the Navigator, and drag into the cell of the current sheet where you want to insert the reference.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149565" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="24">This method can also be used to insert a range from another sheet of the same document into the current sheet. Select the active document as source in step 4 above.</paragraph>
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