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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id701519308848244" xml-lang="en-US">Setting sheet names is an important feature to produce readable and understandable spreadsheets documents.</paragraph>
<tip xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155444">The name of a sheet is independent of the name of the spreadsheet. You enter the spreadsheet name when you save it for the first time as a file.</tip>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id471607437423400">To rename a sheet in your document:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146976" role="listitem">Double-click the sheet tab or open its context menu and choose <menuitem>Rename Sheet</menuitem>. A dialog box appears where you can enter a new name.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149260" role="listitem">Enter a new name for the sheet and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149667" role="listitem">Alternatively, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option key
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt key</defaultinline></switchinline> and click on any sheet name and enter the new name directly.</paragraph>
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<note xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id471519308256437">The document can contain up to 10,000 individual sheets, which must have different names.</note>
<h2 id="hd_id541607437294635">Sheet Naming Restrictions</h2>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502833" role="paragraph">Sheet names can contain almost any character. Some naming restrictions apply, the following characters are not allowed in sheet names:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810502971" role="paragraph">single quote <literal>'</literal> as the first or last character of the name</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id761607437686157">The single quote is Unicode <literal>U+0027</literal>, also known as <literal>apostrophe</literal>. Other single-quote characters, similar to <literal>apostrophe</literal>, are allowed, such as <literal>ʼ</literal> <literal>‛</literal> and <literal>‚</literal>.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id251607438968588">Using a Default Prefix for Sheet Names</h2>
     <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id81519309108908" xml-lang="en-US">You can set a prefix for the names of new sheets you create. Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><menuitem> - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Defaults</menuitem> and enter the prefix name in <emph>Prefix name for new worksheet</emph>.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id821607437571713">Referencing Sheet Names with Special Characters</h2>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id090920081050307" role="paragraph">In cell references, a sheet name must be enclosed in single quotes <literal>'</literal> when the name contains other characters than alphanumeric or underscore. A single quote contained within a name has to be escaped by doubling it (two single quotes).</paragraph>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id321519307869857" xml-lang="en-US">For example, you want to reference the <literal>cell A1</literal> on a sheet named <literal>This year's sheet</literal>.</paragraph>
      
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0909200810503054" role="paragraph"> The reference must be enclosed in single quotes, and the one single quote inside the name must be doubled: <literal>'This year''s sheet'.A1</literal></paragraph>
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