Go to the Tools menu and choose Options. Go to the General tab and uncheck
the first item: R1C1 reference style.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

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Both the columns and rows in my excel 2003 spreadsheets use number
designations. e.g. instead of cell A1 or 1A I get R1C1. How can I
switch to either lettered columns or lettered rows? The way its set
up now makes it very difficult for me to use relative and absolute
values in my equations.