Dude, you are my hero! That is just the absolute coolest thing! The
problem, as your surmised, is that the document was not saved. I have a
deep-rooted desire to understand how this works so that in the future, my
increased understanding will allow me to understand my own questions. I am
studying the help descriptions which become available while clicking on the
different parts of the formula in the formula bar and it provides a great
deal of info but I don't understand how it knows to refer to the sheet tab as
it's source? If you have time and are so inclined, could you explain? And,
how do you know all of this anyway? are you a programmer?

thanks again for your help!

"David Billigmeier" wrote:

Just copy and paste the following code (verbatim) into any cell on your
worksheet:

=RIGHT(CELL("filename"),LEN(CELL("filename"))-SEARCH("]",CELL("filename")))

It will copy a text string corresponding to the tab name of the tab you are
working in. Note, however, that the spreadsheet you are working in has to be
saved or else it will output #VALUE!

Better?


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David Billigmeier


"SWalton" wrote:

David, thanks so much for helping but I don't understand your answer
(probably because I am not an advanced user). Some more details or
explanation will help. thanks again!

"David Billigmeier" wrote:

Hello -
CELL("filename") will output the full path of the sheet and tab you are in
and:

=RIGHT(CELL("filename"),LEN(CELL("filename"))-SEARCH("]",CELL("filename")))

Will take just the tab name.

Hope that helps


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David Billigmeier


"SWalton" wrote:

How do I get a cell to reflect the value which lies in a sheet's tab (the
sheet name) without having to manually type it in