sorry answed to question n one box ,, this was the only part ment for you


another option would be to just use the = function in your new book, if
its purly to see the same results just get the cells in the new workbook to =
the cells in the old which have already got the reusults calculated

"RS" wrote:

I simply am trying to copy a formula from a sheet in one workbook (Ex:
"Main" sheet from workbook "WB1") to another workbook (Ex: WB2). Unlike some
of the other posts about copying formulas, I want Excel to include the
reference to the original workbook. I thought I've done this before, but for
whatever reason, I can't seem to get it to work. The formula I want to copy
is an array-based formula (though I don't think this would be the reason why
this isn't working). I've even tried copying a non-array-based formula & the
same thing is happening. Here's my array-entered formula that I'm trying to
copy:
=AVERAGE(IF(($J$17:$J$1500=$AQ$12)*(TEXT($I$17:$I$ 1500,"mmmyyyy")=TEXT(AD$2,"mmmyyyy")),$F$17:$F$150 0))

Shouldn't simply copying & pasting the formula from 1 workbook to the other
include the reference to the original workbook? If not, where do I need to
put the references to the other workbook w/in the formula?