Ah, yes. I understand what you're saying, Gord, but am equally confused as
to why the OP is doing it that way.

If he wants the formula to say unchanged in that situation, then perhaps:
=IF(INDIRECT("C4")<1,0,SUM($K$4-INDIRECT("C4")))
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David Biddulph

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message
...
David

Jeel is not dragging the D4 formula down column D. He is cutting and
pasting
A4:C4 down to A11:C11

This will definitely change the formula in D4 as described.

My question to Jeel is........if you cut the data from A4:C4 why have a
formula
in D4 referencing those cells?

You have left something out that I can't put my finger on.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:24:19 -0000, "David Biddulph" <groups [at]
biddulph.org.uk wrote:

With =IF($C$4<1,0,SUM($K$4-$C$4)) in D4 if I drag it down to D11, or copy
to
D11, it remains unchanged, so I don't know how you've got it to change to
=IF($C$11<1,0,SUM($K$4-$C$11)).
If you change the references from absolute to relative by removing the $
signs before the 4, and start with =IF($C4<1,0,SUM($K$4-$C4)), then it
would
change to =IF($C11<1,0,SUM($K$4-$C11)) as you copy it down, butr that
isn't
what you say you've done.

Another question is why you've got the SUM function in that formula? What
do you think SUM($K$4-$C$4) does for you that $K$4-$C$4 wouldn't? You may
wish to look in Excel help to remind yourself what SUM does.