Andy

Thank you very much for that. I had a feeling it would be bleeding obvious!

Anthony Goddard


"Andy" wrote:

Hi

Have a look for 'absolute and relative' cell references. You use the $ sign
to indicate which part of the reference stays static.
In your example, you'd use
=$A$1
and this would then stay the same wherever it was copied.

Andy.

"ducksfolly" wrote in message
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When you drag or copy a formula which refers to another cell, then that
cell's reference is updated when the formula is dragged or copied across a
spreadsheet. Is it possible to 'fix' the reference of the outside cell
such
that the formula refers to a fixed cell irrespective of where the formula
is
copied to?
For example a formual in cell B2 containing a reference to cell A1 will
always refer to the cell immediately above and to the left when copied
elsewhere. Is it possible for the formula to be forced to refer to cell A1
irrespective of where it is copied?