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Adjust %'s across cells
Hi all,
I have 3 cells and have a total of 100% and want to enter in a % into one cell say 40%, from there that would leave me with 60%. IM trying to figure out how to change one cell and then have the 100% decrease so that I dont ever go over the 100% for my range of cells. This way if on the second cell I enter 40% then I only can put in 20% on the last cell. Hope that makes sense. Thanks! |
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Adjust %'s across cells
I would set up a helper cell, using the formula:
=1-sum(a1:a3) Adjust the range to suit. It will decrease as you enter data in your three cells. Regards, Fred. "Abe" wrote in message ... Hi all, I have 3 cells and have a total of 100% and want to enter in a % into one cell say 40%, from there that would leave me with 60%. IM trying to figure out how to change one cell and then have the 100% decrease so that I dont ever go over the 100% for my range of cells. This way if on the second cell I enter 40% then I only can put in 20% on the last cell. Hope that makes sense. Thanks! |
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Adjust %'s across cells
Suppose you want to put values in A1 and A2 - you can apply Data |
Validation to those cells to ensure that values larger than 1 (or 100%) are not entered. Then in A3 you could have this formula: =100%-A1-A2 Of course, if A1 and A2 were set to 60% each, then A3 would show -20%. Hope this helps. Pete On May 20, 8:23*pm, Abe wrote: Hi all, I have 3 cells and have a total of 100% and want to enter in a % into one cell say 40%, from there that would leave me with 60%. *IM trying to figure out how to change one cell and then have the 100% decrease so that I dont ever go over the 100% for my range of cells. *This way if on the second cell I enter 40% then I only can put in 20% on the last cell. Hope that makes sense. Thanks! |
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