hi, found someone else who had a problem figuring out an Absolute Reference.

I never did find it by searches or questions asked, until I stumbled into it
a year? later by accident. would seem to be a key piece of basic information.

Answer Wizard will bring up Absolute Reference, not until bump into ABS.
Index does not include Absolute Reference.

Help does not cross-reference a key term like to "fixed cells", to absolute
reference so you can find what you are looking for.
thanks

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