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Navigator

Activates and deactivates the Navigator. The Navigator is a dockable window.

Navigator for Document Overview

Choose Edit - Navigator to display the Navigator.

Column

Enter the column letter in the Column spin box. Press Enter to reposition the cell cursor to the specified column in the same row.

Row

Enter a row number in the Row spin box. Press Enter to reposition the cell cursor to the specified row in the same column.

Data Range

Specifies the current data range denoted by the position of the cell cursor.

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Data Range


Start

Moves to the cell at the beginning of the current data range, which you can highlight using the Data Range button.

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Start


End

Moves to the cell at the end of the current data range, which you can highlight using the Data Range button.

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End


Toggle

Toggles the content view. Only the selected Navigator element and its subelements are displayed. Click the icon again to restore all elements for viewing.

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Toggle


Contents

Allows you to hide/show the contents.

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Contents


Scenarios

Displays all available scenarios. Double-click a name to apply that scenario. The result is shown in the sheet. For more information, choose Tools - Scenarios.

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Scenarios


If the Navigator displays scenarios, you can access the following commands when you right-click a scenario entry:

Delete

Deletes the selected scenario.

Properties

Opens the Edit scenario dialog, where you can edit the scenario properties.

Drag Mode

Opens a submenu for selecting the drag mode. You decide which action is performed when dragging and dropping an object from the Navigator into a document. Depending on the mode you select, the icon indicates whether a hyperlink, link or a copy is created.

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Drag Mode


Insert as Hyperlink

Inserts a hyperlink when you drag-and-drop an object from the Navigator into a document. You can later click the created hyperlink to set the cursor and the view to the respective object.

If you insert a hyperlink that links to an open document, you need to save the document before you can use the hyperlink.

Insert as Link

Creates a link when you drag-and-drop an object from the Navigator into a document.

Insert as Copy

Generates a copy when you drag-and-drop an object from the Navigator into a document.

Objects

Displays all objects in your document.

Documents

Displays the names of all open documents. To switch to another open document in the Navigator, click the document name. The status (active, inactive) of the document is shown in brackets after the name. You can switch the active document in the Window menu.

Index

Navigator,for sheets

navigating,in spreadsheets

displaying, scenario names

scenarios,displaying names

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