Is there a maximun number of cells allowed in a name range?

[peingle]

It appears to be the case, but I don't know what the maximun is, or if my
error is for another reason.

 

[Sheeloo]

I don't think there is any limit...
In Excel 2003 I defined ColsBIV as
=Sheet1!$B:$IV
and then used
=SUM(ColsBIV) in A1
result was (with 1 as the value in all cells in the range B:IV
851968

which shows that name ColsBIV refers to 851968 cells

 

[FSt1]

hi
there is no maximum limit on the number of cells in a named range. what is
the error you are getting??? that would be the key.
so why did you not post that?!?!?!
we can only help if YOU give is all the facts.
regards
FSt1

 

[Sheeloo]

Correction:

The result of the formula will give you
16711680
which is the sum of cells in 255 cols X 65,536 rows, each having a value of 1

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

I second FSt1's response - you should always post the error message AND you
should post any formulas that are failing. You also should tell us the
version of Excel you are using.

Possibly you are referencing an entire column, which in itself is not
illegal in a range name but, if you then use the range name in certain types
of formulas, in 2003 or earlier, you will get an error. Many 2003
formulas/functions did not allow full column references, those limits have
been removed.

 

[Dave Peterson]

There is a maximum number of characters that you can type into that insert|Name
dialog in the refers to textbox (255 maybe???).

But there are ways around it.