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Old May 12th, 2010, 03:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
BEGINNER
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How do I copy a formulae to next rows without having Excel update the
formulae in relation to the new cell?
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Old May 12th, 2010, 03:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
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If you use $ signs in the function references, they won'tupdate on Copy
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"beginner" wrote:

How do I copy a formulae to next rows without having Excel update the
formulae in relation to the new cell?

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Old May 12th, 2010, 03:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
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Easiest way is to make the cell references absolute. If your formula looks
like this:
=A5 + B6
change it to
=$A$5 + $B$6
and then you can copy it without changing the references. The $ makes the
reference absolute. Look at Excel's Help topic for Absolute and/or Relative
addressing.


"beginner" wrote:

How do I copy a formulae to next rows without having Excel update the
formulae in relation to the new cell?

 




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