Your first question: No, not for functions. What you CAN do is to place
some VBA code in the template file that would open/change/close each file in
turn. You would need to designate, somehow, what cells in the template file
you want carried over to all the other files.

Your second question: You would have to use a formula like you show.
Again, VBA is also an option. HTH Otto

"Elisabeth" wrote in message
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I have 60 workbooks from where I need to gather information on a monthly
basis.
These are personell sheets for vacations, leave of absence and so on.

From time to time I need to make changes in the functions that I have in
these workbooks, is there a way I can link these workbooks together, so
that
I can make changes in e.g. a template file and these changes will also
take
effect in my other workbooks.
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I have one workbook that gathers information regarding used vacation and
another workbook that gathers information regarding sick days and so on.

I do this by adding a particular cell in several of the workbooks like
this:
='C:\ansatt \fravær\[153name.xls]Fraværsregistrering'!$C$26+'C:\ansatt
\fravær\[189name.xls]Fraværsregistrering'!$C$26

Is there a way that I can link groups of workbooks and then use a function
to gather the value from cell C26 in all of these workbooks/groups of
workbooks?

Thanks
Elisabeth