OnlyOffice Desktop Editors Workbook Defined Names Export & Import

Excerpt from workbook.xml
<definedNames>
<definedName name="Energy_of_Cooking" localSheetId="0" hidden="0">=Lists!$A$247</definedName>

  • Backup the destination workbook, the one to receive named ranges from other source workbook
  • Change source workbook extension from .xlsx to .zip
  • Open source.zip, open xl/workbook.xml
  • Copy section or copy entries to import
  • Open destination.zip, export xl/workbook.xml, open in plain text editor
  • Add to workbook.xml your source defined names, save
  • Update destination.zip with workbook.xml, save
  • Change destination workbook extension from .zip to .xlsx
  • Open destination workbook, check imported defined names

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