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<p id="par_id9663075" class="paragraph" dir="auto">In a sheet cell you can show a reference to a cell in another sheet.</p>
<p id="par_id1879329" class="paragraph" dir="auto">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.</p>
<h2 id="hd_id7122409" dir="auto">To Reference a Cell in the Same Document</h2>
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<p id="par_id2078005" class="listitem" dir="auto">Open a new, empty spreadsheet. By default, it has only a single sheet named Sheet1. Add a second sheet clicking on <span class="emph">+</span> button to the left of the sheet tab in the bottom (it will be named Sheet2 by default).</p>
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<p id="par_id4943693" class="listitem" dir="auto">By way of example, enter the following formula in cell A1 of Sheet1:</p>
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<span class="literal">=Sheet2.A1</span>
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<p id="par_id7609790" class="listitem" dir="auto">Click the <span class="emph">Sheet 2</span> tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Set the cursor in cell A1 there and enter text or a number.</p>
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<p id="par_id809961" class="listitem" dir="auto">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.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id3147338" dir="auto">When referencing a sheet with name containing spaces, use single quotes around the name: <span class="literal">='Sheet with spaces in name'.A1</span></p></div>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id3147383" dir="auto">The example uses Calc formula syntax. It is also possible to use Excel A1 or R1C1 formula syntax; this is configured on <a target="_top" href="en-US/text/shared/optionen/01060900.html">Formula options page</a>.</p></div>
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<p id="par_id5949278" class="listitem" dir="auto">Choose <span class="emph">File - Open</span>, to load an existing spreadsheet document.</p>
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<p id="par_id8001953" class="listitem" dir="auto">Choose <span class="emph">File - New</span>, 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.</p>
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<p id="par_id8571123" class="listitem" dir="auto">Now switch to the document you have just loaded. Click the cell with the data that you want to insert in the new document.</p>
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<p id="par_id8261665" class="listitem" dir="auto">Switch back to the new spreadsheet. In the input line you will now see how LibreOffice Calc has added the reference to the formula for you. </p>
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<p id="par_id5888241" class="listitem" dir="auto">The reference to a cell of another document contains the fully qualified name of the other document between single quotes <span class="literal">(')</span>, then a hash <span class="literal">#</span>, then the name of the sheet of the other document, followed by a period and the name or reference of the cell. </p>
<p id="par_id51672076541215" class="paragraph" dir="auto">For example, <span id="swlnsystextscalcguidecellreferencesxml_1" class="switchinline"><span hidden="true" id="WINtextscalcguidecellreferencesxml_1" class="WIN">'file:///C:/Users/user/Documents/Price list.ods'#$'Information SKU'.H51</span><span hidden="true" id="defaulttextscalcguidecellreferencesxml_1">'file:///home/user/Documents/Price list.ods'#$'Information SKU'.H51</span></span>.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id451672076939681" dir="auto">The path and document name URI <span class="emph">must always</span> be enclosed in single quotes. If the name contains single quotes (') they must be escaped using two single quotes (''). Only a sheet name may not be quoted if it does not contain a space or a character that would be an operator or the name would be pure numeric (for example, '123' must be quoted).</p></div>
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<p id="par_id7697683" class="listitem" dir="auto">Confirm the formula by clicking the green check mark.</p>
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<p id="par_id7099826" class="listitem" dir="auto">If you drag the box in the lower right corner of the active cell to select a range of cells, LibreOffice 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 <a target="_top" href="en-US/text/scalc/guide/relativ_absolut_ref.html">absolute reference</a>.</p>
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<p id="par_id674459" class="paragraph" dir="auto">If you examine the name of the other document in this formula, you will notice that it is written as a <a target="_top" href="en-US/text/shared/00/00000002.html#url">URL</a>. This means that you can also enter a URL from the Internet.</p>
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