Naming worksheet cells

Naming worksheet cells allows you to reference a cell or block of cells by way of a Name that you assign instead of a cell reference. You can use Names and cell references interchangeably in your spreadsheets. Excel offers four ways to assign Names to cells: Name Box, Create from Selection, Define Name, and Name Manager. There are a couple of rules to keep in mind:

• Names must begin with a letter, underscore (_), or backslash (\), so 2024TAX is not a valid Name.
• Names can be as short as a single letter, but you cannot assign the letters C or R as a name. This is because you when type C in the Name Box and press Enter Excel will select the current column, while R and Enter selects the current row.
• Names cannot be the same as any cell reference, such as TAX2024. The last column in an Excel worksheet is XFD, so combining a word with one to three letters and a number together will constitute an invalid name.
• Names cannot contain spaces, so TAX...