You could put those sheet names in a column somewhere, eg from X1
down:

Keith
Jones
Smith

Then your formula in C1 would become:

=INDIRECT("'"&IF(X1="",ROW(A1),X1)&"'!AB9")

which can then be copied down. If you don't have a sheet name in
column X then the formula will assume that the sheet is still
numbered.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Mar 25, 2:22*pm, Ali wrote:
Oops spoke too soon.
Everything works fine if i leave sheets as 1,2,3,4, etc then it reads fine
off A1, a2 etc
To throw a spanner in the works, sheets are set up as 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc up to 70
But as a safari runs the sheet is used, and the sheet name changes
1 might become Keith
2 might be changed to Jones
3 might be changed to Smith
And as soon as that happens I obviously lose the formula?
Any way around this?
Ali



"Pete_UK" wrote:
Put this in C1:

=INDIRECT("'"&ROW(A1)&"'!AB9")

then copy it down to C70.

Hope this helps.

Pete

"Ali" wrote in message
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hi I have a sheet in a work book that is reading off approx 70 other
sheets.
I am trying to copy the formula down a column for all 70, but I don't know
how to increment the sheet number. *Sheets are numbered 1-70

example: *C1 = "1"!$AB$9
- * * * * * * C2 = "2"!$AB$9
- * * * * * * C3 = *"3"!$AB$9 * so i need to drag this formula all the way
down to C70 and perhaps more. *If I drag it does not increase the sheet
number. *To cut and paste is taking ages as the formula columns run
through
C- AA with the same problem.

How can I copy/drag the formula down that would increase sheet numbers
each
time.
many thanks
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