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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Mark Invalid Data</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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  <bookmark branch="index" xml-lang="en-US" id="bm_id3153821"><bookmark_value>cells; invalid data</bookmark_value><bookmark_value>data; showing invalid data</bookmark_value><bookmark_value>invalid data;marking</bookmark_value></bookmark><bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShowInvalid" id="bm_id9508177" localize="false"/><!-- HID added by script -->
<bookmark branch="hid/.uno:ShowInvalid" xml-lang="en-US" id="bm_id3157909"/><paragraph id="hd_id3153821" role="heading" level="1" oldref="1" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/scalc/01/06030800.xhp" name="Mark Invalid Data">Mark Invalid Data</link></paragraph>
  <paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3147264" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="2"><ahelp hid=".uno:ShowInvalid" visibility="visible">Marks all cells in the sheet that contain values outside the validation rules.</ahelp></paragraph>
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  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3" role="paragraph" id="par_id3151211" l10n="U">The <link href="text/scalc/01/12120000.xhp" name="validity rules">validity rules</link> restrict the input of numbers, dates, time values and text to certain values. However, it is possible to enter invalid values or copy invalid values into the cells if the <emph>Stop</emph> option is not selected. When you assign a validity rule, existing values in a cell will not be modified.</paragraph>
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