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Naming Cells Using Relative Cell References
Can a cell be named so that when the sheet is sorted, the name refers to the
same data even though the position of the cell has changed?. I tried naming cells with relative references (removing the "$" sign), but after sorting the cell reference reverts to "A1". |
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Naming Cells Using Relative Cell References
Use the INDIRECT function. E.g.,
=INDIRECT("A1") This will reference A1 no matter how you cut/copy/paste/sort/insert/delete etc. Excel doesn't recognize the A1 within the quotes as a range reference, but rather sees it as a simple string, so it won't change it when things get moved about. Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009 Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com (email on web site) On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:56:01 -0700, Inobugs wrote: Can a cell be named so that when the sheet is sorted, the name refers to the same data even though the position of the cell has changed?. I tried naming cells with relative references (removing the "$" sign), but after sorting the cell reference reverts to "A1". |
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