You need to strip out the book name that comes across with the formula.

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HTH

Bob

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"Geetha" wrote in message
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i am working on 2 workbooks. For eg. 2 workbooks, Apr'08 and May'08. Sheet
1
of my both workbooks have 3 associates salary details.I wanted to sum
their
salary for each month.
i have a formula in the 2nd worksheet of Apr'08, as
=sum(sheet1!salary1:salary3). this is to find the sum of the salaries of 3
associates. if i move or copy this 2nd sheet to the may sheet to find the
sum
of salaries of the 3 associates in May'08, it takes the values from Sheet
1
of the April and not from MAy'08.