Excel 2002: changing link formula from absolute to relative
Hi,
I notice that all the formulas link from one work book to another are in form of "absolute" cell refrence. Eg. ='[Budget 2010.xls]jh'!$E$222 This does not serve my need as I need to copy the formulas across the spreasheet. Usually I would remove the $ manually before copying across. May I know if there is a way of changing the formula from absolute to relative, i.e. removing the $ in row only, column only or both automatically? Thanks Low -- A36B58K641 |
Excel 2002: changing link formula from absolute to relative
If you wanted to use Find & Replace, and you have that same formula
repeated in many cells, then highlight the cells, do CTRL-H and use the following: Find What: !$E Replace with: !E click Replace All. (removes the $ from the column reference) Find What: E$ Replace with: E click Replace All. (removes the $ from the row reference) Find What: $ Replace with: (leave blank) click Replace All. (removes all $) Hope this helps. Pete On Jul 29, 3:32*pm, Mr. Low wrote: Hi, I notice *that all the formulas link from one work book to another are in form of "absolute" cell refrence. Eg. ='[Budget 2010.xls]jh'!$E$222 This does not serve my need as I need to copy the formulas across the spreasheet. Usually I would remove the $ manually before copying across. May I know if there is a way of changing the formula from absolute to relative, i.e. removing the $ in row only, column only or both *automatically? Thanks Low -- A36B58K641 |
Excel 2002: changing link formula from absolute to relative
F4 while you are editing the formula. This will toggle through the 4
options in turn. -- David Biddulph "Mr. Low" wrote in message ... Hi, I notice that all the formulas link from one work book to another are in form of "absolute" cell refrence. Eg. ='[Budget 2010.xls]jh'!$E$222 This does not serve my need as I need to copy the formulas across the spreasheet. Usually I would remove the $ manually before copying across. May I know if there is a way of changing the formula from absolute to relative, i.e. removing the $ in row only, column only or both automatically? Thanks Low -- A36B58K641 |
Excel 2002: changing link formula from absolute to relative
It depends on which *direction* you're moving when you create the link.
Going *forward*, from source to target, using say <Copy <PasteSpecial <PasteLink, will create an *absolute* link. What you may want to do is use a *backward* link, from target to source. Click in the target cell, enter an = sign, navigate to the source cell, hit <Enter. This creates your relative link, which you can easily copy and increment as needed. -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Mr. Low" wrote in message ... Hi, I notice that all the formulas link from one work book to another are in form of "absolute" cell refrence. Eg. ='[Budget 2010.xls]jh'!$E$222 This does not serve my need as I need to copy the formulas across the spreasheet. Usually I would remove the $ manually before copying across. May I know if there is a way of changing the formula from absolute to relative, i.e. removing the $ in row only, column only or both automatically? Thanks Low -- A36B58K641 |
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:40 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
ExcelBanter.com