Use absolute referencing. Below are the different reference styles.

A1 Relative referencing. Both column and row will change if you copy or drag
the formula.
$A1 The column reference is fixed and will not change
A$1 The row reference is fixed and will not change.
$A$1 Column and row reference are fixed.

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Jacob (MVP - Excel)


"Derek M" wrote:

Hi

When i paste special from one cell into another, it advances the cell
reference and i just want an exact match i.e.

A1 formula ='Feb 2010'!C18 but when i paste it into another cell it pastes
it as
='Feb 2010'!D18

The C changes to D, how do i stop this happening?

Thanks for any help in advance

Derek