Excel has many solutions to this problem. An example of when this product
improvement suggestion would be useful: Someone creates an Excel template.
Other users can add their own formulas to the file. If the person that
created the template could just set a cell property to absolute they would
not have to worry about the other users making a mistake in their formulas by
not using an absolute reference. It could also eliminate additional training
for the users. I have taught Excel for 5 years and absolute referencing
always seems so difficult for new users to remember to put in their formulas.
Or making changes to someone elses work. It would not solve all problems but
I think it could make it easier. Again this is just a suggestion.

Dustin Walker, MCT, MCDST
Unitrip Consulting
www.unitrip.com

"Jim May" wrote:

Check out the Indirect() function in HELP;
perhaps that would help you in your situation.

"Niek Otten" wrote in message
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You could define a name for the cell. That way it each use of the name in
a
formula would reference that cell.

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Kind Regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Unitrip" wrote in message
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It would be nice if you could set an absolute reference property in on
cells
in your worksheet. By setting this property each time the cell reference
was
used in a formula it would automatically be set as a absolute reference.
I
think this would improve productivity by reducing the time it takes to
fix
these references.