Dean,

You would have to open the source files and get the values, and paste them
into the cells.

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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"Dean Phillips" wrote in message
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Hi,

As the known problem with INDIRECT is that the source worksheet has to be
open, has anyone got a bit of vba that will convert the cell formula to the
resolved indirect formula?

I have a spreadsheet that summarises several other files and the indirect
formula works but I don't want to email the source files as they are too
big. If the indirect formula were converted to hardcoded links I could
'break links' to convert the cells to values.