You are right but I don't believe it has anything to do with the book. Excel
seems to get confused when you copy the formula from below the fixed cell
($O$1081) to above the fixed cell. It is not behavior that I would expect.
OTOH, I've never seen a running total being maintained above *and* below the
fixed cell, so I'm not quite sure what you are attempting to do.

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Vasant




"David" wrote in message
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Really irritating. I have a file that I got with a book
from Microsoft press. After I enter a formula, absolute
part of it with F4(it is a running total, front part is
absolute ie =SUM($O$1081:O1090)), then I try and copy the
formula up. The absolute goes away and I end up with
something like =SUM($O1068:O$1081. This is really
frustrating and only seems to be happening with the files
from the disk I got from Microsoft press with the book,
"Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling," ISBN 0-7356-
1901-8. Just got the book and am not too far into it yet,
but I have run across other problems ie errors in the
book. Anyone else using this book and having similar
problems. Trying to avoid e mail junk, so I am not
putting in my e mail address.

Thanks,
David