To create a named range in an Excel spreadsheet
$xl = New-Object -ComObject ‘Excel.Application’
$wkbk = $xl.Workbooks.Add()
$sheet = $wkbk.WorkSheets.Item(1)
$range = $xl.Range("A1", "D4")
$range.Name = "Test"
Just to show how to work with named ranges
$range2 = $xl.Range("Test")
$range2.Borders.Color=0
$range2.Borders.ColorIndex=26
$range2.Borders.Weight=2
$xl.visible = $true