Try (from a few hours earlier in this newsgroup):
Click the Office button
Excel OptionsFormulasWorking with formulasuncheck R1C1 reference styleOK
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David Biddulph

"Gustav" wrote in message
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My current Excel sheet (XP 2007) have numerical numbers for columns eg.
C1
or C5.
In Office 2003 this was Column A or column E