Range question in '97
I figured it out. :)
if I name them (the ranges) like this =$A$1 instead of =!$A$1 then I can
reference them by '<sheet'!<range_name
I guess excel does a literal substitution and as a result the two !'s were
confusing it.
bubba assigned to !$A$1
'sheet 1'!bubba gets translated to 'sheet 1'!!$A$1
so excel starts looking for a spreadsheet named "sheet 1" I guess. It seems
to make some sort of logical sense; to me....
This opens up so many possibilities for me. I should be able to eliminate
several hundred VLOOKUP() formulas from my workbook.
THANK YOU for pointing me in the right direction.
"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca@ wrote in message
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Adam
Apologies. Misunderstood
I thought you wanted rn1hp to refer to same cell $C$5 on each sheet.
To reference Sheet1!rn1hp from another sheet, you have to make the name
sheet-specific when you create the name.
You're back to adding the refers to: =sheet1!$C$5 as you create the name.
Gord
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:03:02 -0600, "Adam Kroger"
wrote:
Works well within the active sheet, but I can not figure out how to
reference it from another sheet.
EXAMPLE
active sheet is pilot2
rn1hp refers to !$C$5
I want to refer to r1hp on sheet1
=sheet1!rn1hp returns #NAME? and brings up a file dialog box
&
=INDIRECT(sheet1!rn1hp) returns #REF! and changes the formula to
='TESTBED -
Combat Tracker v3.0.4.xls'!rn1hp
thanks
"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca@ wrote in message
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Adam
Try this..........
On sheet1 InsertNameDefine.
Type in "globalgame"(no quotes)
In refers to box type in =!$A$1:$K$22 and OK your way out.
Go to any sheet and F5. In the reference: dialog Type in
"globalgame"(no
quotes) and OK.
Gord Dibben Excel MVP
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:16:21 -0600, "Adam Kroger"
wrote:
a further clarification, can you name a range of cells say A1:K22 game,
and
then specify sheet1!game, sheet2!game without haveing to name then on
sheet1
and sthhet2 and sheet3...?
"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Yes. Select sheet1,
InsertNameDefine...
then in the 'Names in workbook' put Sheet1!game, then add the range in
the
Refersto box.
Repeat for sheet2, etc.
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HTH
Bob Phillips
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"Adam Kroger @hotmail.com" <adam_kroger<nospam wrote in message
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Can you have sheet specific named ranges?
ie
sheet1!game, sheet2!game, sheet3!game
so they can be referenced in a lookup, pulling values from the
correct
sheet.
thanks
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