That is what Excel does. It looks at the addresses in the formulas to see if
they match a named range and if so, Excel inserts the name.

Tyro

"Confused_Euffy" wrote in message
...
I have tried selecting the entire worksheet by doing what you mentioned,
but
to no avail. I know and can see that i have formulas that refer to the
address in the named range.

I think i'll have to revert to a find and replace.

Thank you for your help.


"Tyro" wrote:

You cannot change the formulas by selecting a blank cell. To change the
entire worksheet you can select any cell and press Ctrl+A or select the
cell
to the left of Column A and above Row 1. Then you can apply the named
ranges. If Excel does not apply the named ranges, it means that none of
the
formulas in the selected cells refer to the addresses in the named
ranges.

Tyro

"Confused_Euffy" wrote in
message
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I have tried selecting all the cells containing the formula to change,
and
as
i mentoned I used the help function which told me to select a blank
cell
to
change the entire worksheet. Neither of which works for some reason.

"Tyro" wrote:

You have to select the range(s) that contain all of the formulas that
refer
to the cells in the named range before you do the apply. Excel is
looking
in
your selection for formulas to change. You chose a blank cell. Nothing
to
change there.

Tyro

"Confused_Euffy" wrote in
message
...
I have named some ranges and wish to apply them to all the formula in
my
worksheet. I have looked through the help, and it has told me to
select
a
blank cell, go to the drop down menu Insert, choose Name and then
Apply.
Then
to choose the name and click Ok.

I have done this but get the message 'Microsoft Office Excel cannot
find
any
references to replace.' pops up.

The part of the formula i need to change is Parameters!$B$165 and i
need
to
change it to Analysis_Period. I know i can do a find and replace,
but i
would
like to know why the apply function isn't working.

Any suggestions?