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You need to understand the difference between 'relative' and 'absolute'
addressing.

As 'relative' suggests, if you move or copy a formula, the cell references
in that formula change as they are relative the cell in question. This is
Excel's default.

In 'absolute' mode, formulas refer to absolute locations; moving or copying
a formula won't change the reference to an absolute cell.

To differentiate between modes, insert '$' symbols in front of the cell row
and column reference as in $A$14 (as others have suggested)

There is a mixed reference mode that you may be interested in too . Search
Excel help for an excellent explanation.

The other way to do this is to simply edit and past the contents of the
cell - rather than the cell - does that makes sense?

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"avjunior" wrote in message
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How do I copy cells with relative references into other cells kepping the
same references? e.g. cell A3 has the formula A1+A2. A6 has the formula
A4+A5. I want to copy A3 and A4 into A15 and A16 in order to have A15 with
the formula A1+A2 and A16 with the same formula as A6 (A4+A5).