Hi Chuck,

Why not have a table with simple formulas like

='W:\IB EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised NII Files\Legacy\[TL NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC Adjustments'!C5
='W:\IB EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised NII Files\Legacy\[Nelico NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC Adjustments'!C5

etc and one SUM formula to add all these?

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Chuck" wrote in message ups.com...
|I have the following formula in one of my excel cell and I would like
| to link other files to this formula but I get a message saying "formula
| is too long." What can I do to work around that? Please advise!
| P.S. I would like to do this e/o all necessary files open if possible.
|
| =+'W:\IB EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised NII Files\Legacy\[TL NII Proj
| 2006-07-25.xls]iEC Adjustments'!C5+'W:\IB EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised
| NII Files\Legacy\[Nelico NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC
| Adjustments'!C5+'W:\IB EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised NII
| Files\Legacy\[MLIG NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC Adjustments'!C5+'W:\IB
| EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised NII Files\Legacy\[MLFS+MMA NII Proj
| 2006-07-25.xls]iEC Adjustments'!C5+'W:\IB EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised
| NII Files\Legacy\[GenAm NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC
| Adjustments'!C5+'W:\IB EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised NII
| Files\Legacy\[MoRe NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC Adjustments'!C5+'W:\IB
| EBS\2006-08-04 P\NII\Revised NII Files\Legacy\[Exeter NII Proj
| 2006-07-25.xls]iEC Adjustments'!C5+'[CLIC NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC
| Adjustments'!$C$5+'[FLIC NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC
| Adjustments'!$C$5+'[MVATIC NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC
| Adjustments'!$C$5+'[TIC NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC
| Adjustments'!$C$5+'[MVATLAC NII Proj 2006-07-25.xls]iEC
| Adjustments'!$C$5
|