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Jon Quixley
 
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Default Is there a way to sort without losing individual set formulas?


Rachel,

Have you tried modifying all your formulae to absolute references
rather than relative ones?
A "normal" formula most people use consists of relative references a
simple example is in cell D5 "=A2-B3". The way Excel looks at this is
to start from cell D5 where the formula is and work out where A2 and B3
are relative to D5, these are 3 up and 3 left (A2) and 2 up and 2 left
(B3). By copying or sorting this, the relative location is preserved,
but you will end up with the wrong answer because the formula is still
going 3 up, 3 left and 2 up and 2 left. Write the same formula with the
dollar sign infront of both letters and numbers in cell D5 =$A$2-$b$3
will fix the formula to ALWAYS go back to those cells regardless of
where the formula is on the sheet - this is an absolute reference.

Cheers
Jon


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