yes the answers constantly change and must be recorded in the cells that are
=name. no I can't define new names each time. That would defeat the purpose.
I want the new values to be recorded in the designated cells that say =name.
What I have been doing is redifining the name to the new cell. I can't
believe that there isn't away to do this but is does involve relative vs
absolute. But you did show me how to make relative names if I ever need to
do so. Thanks.
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"Ragdyer" wrote:

Can't you define multiple names to designate each of your "new answer"
cells?

A3 might be nameA
B3 might be nameB

Or ... are the answer cells constantly changing?
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"tmkeny" wrote in message
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All I mean by that is when I copy the formula or use =name in the cell in
the
next row of figures I get a new answer for whatever the formula does that
I
use in other stationary cells in the workbook.
i.e. a1+a2=a3 b1+b2=b3 etc. a3 and b3 are new answers to the formula
calulation. I'm recoding the new result in other cells with =name. To do
this the result must be absolute. So I must redefine name each time for
the
new answer.
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"RagDyeR" wrote:

I don't quite follow exactly what you're asking for (new answer).

Care to elaborate a little, with some examples?
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"tmkeny" wrote in message
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Thanks Ragdyer for showing me how to establish a relative name. However
I
guess I can't have it both ways. I need to use the new answer each time
in
various other cells which the new answer must be absolute to. I guess
I'll
just have to redefine the name each time unless you have something else
up
your sleeve.
Thanks again
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"Ragdyer" wrote:

<<<"a1+a2=a3 so in a3 the formula is =a1+a2 with a3 selected I name
the
cell
lets say total i.e. =total"
This is *WRONG*!

Click in an *empty, blank, unused* A3.
While A3 is selected, from the menu bar:
<Insert <Name <Define

In the "Names In Workbook" box, type
total

THEN ... *Change* whatever's in the "Refers To" box to this:
=A1+A2
Then <OK

You have now created a *relative* named formula.
This formula will total the 2 cells above *wherever it's entered*.

SO, in A3 enter
=total
and you'll get the sum of A1 and A2.

Enter
=total
in B3, and you'll get the sum of B1 and B2

Enter
=total
in K100, and you'll get the sum of K98 and K99.

AND ... it goes *around*!

Enter
=total
in C2, and you'll get the sum of C1 and C65536.

Enter
=total
in C1, and you'll get the sum of C65535 and C65536.
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"tmkeny" wrote in message
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Thanks to you both as you both have given me the solution I think.
It depnds on the order of things. Let's say Im adding several cells
in a
row
with the total in the right cell i.e a1+a2=a3 so in a3 the formula
is
=a1+a2
with a3 selected I name the cell lets say total i.e. =total this
name
is
used in several different places in the work book in an absoute way.
with
a
new set of figures in row b we now have b1+b2 = b3. I simply copy
the
formula from a3 to b3. and have to redefine the name total to cell
b3
using
the name manager editor. Trying Tyro's suggestion, instead of doing
the
copy
to b3 I said =total and got what I was expecting the absolute answer
that
was
in a3 not the new b3 total. I long ago tried removing the $ signs
from
the
name formula but it wouldn't allow me to do it. So I guess it must
be
the
order I am setting things up. If you could show me the error of my
ways
I
would most appreciate it.
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"RagDyer" wrote:

<<<"It is very important that if you create a formula like this
one,
=a1^2,
you define it when you have b1 selected so that the formula will
refer
to
the cell to the left of the cell in which you use the formula by
name."


Unless, of course, you use an absolute reference:

=Sheet1!$A$1^2

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"Tyro" wrote in message
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If you create a formula such as =a1^2 and call it MySquare, then
whenever
you use it in a cell say B3, you put: =MySquare, that will take
the
value
in A3 and square it. The name of the formula does not change.
Perhaps
you
could give us an example of what you are trying to do. It is
very
important that if you create a formula like this one, =a1^2, you
define it
when you have b1 selected so that the formula will refer to the
cell
to
the left of the cell in which you use the formula by name.

Tyro


"tmkeny" wrote in message
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I have been trying to do this for years and finally decided I
would
read
all
the help stuff when I started using excel 2007. But to no
avail.
Maybe
it
can't be done but I doublt it. It's really simple.
When I name a formula in a cell and subsequently copy that
formula
to
another cell to calculate a new set of figures I want the name
to
go
with
it.
Instead I have to redefine the name to the new cell each time.
The
name
is
be used throughout the workbook in stationary cells.
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