add same cell from all files in same folder
Hi all,
I have a folder that contains Excel files with the following name formats.. 0001.xls, 0002.xls, 0003.xls... In each of these files, the cell G12 on sheet called "impact" contains a value in GBP. I want to create a file called total.xls, that will add up cell G12 on the sheet called "impact" on every excel file between 0001.xls and 9999.xls. Can I do this, and can i do it without using macros. Our security settings are very tight where i work and i am not *really* allowed to use macros. If a macro is the only possible solution, then that will have to do. Cheers Richard Varcoe |
If you're careful, you can do something like this:
Put this formula in A1: ="$$$$$"&"'C:\My Documents\excel\["&TEXT(ROW(),"0000")&"]impact'!$G$12" (adjust the path, too) Drag down as for as many files as you have--don't go too far!!! These formulas will look like: $$$$$'C:\My Documents\excel\[0001]impact'!$G$12 Then select the exact number of files you have and Edit|copy Edit|paste special|Values Then convert those text strings to formulas: Select that range to convert edit|replace what: $$$$$ with: = replace all I'd try it on one or two first. If you do too many and it's wrong (or the folder/file doesn't exist), then you'll be dismissing dialogs to find that file/folder--and you'll get #ref! errors returned. Richard Varcoe wrote: Hi all, I have a folder that contains Excel files with the following name formats.. 0001.xls, 0002.xls, 0003.xls... In each of these files, the cell G12 on sheet called "impact" contains a value in GBP. I want to create a file called total.xls, that will add up cell G12 on the sheet called "impact" on every excel file between 0001.xls and 9999.xls. Can I do this, and can i do it without using macros. Our security settings are very tight where i work and i am not *really* allowed to use macros. If a macro is the only possible solution, then that will have to do. Cheers Richard Varcoe -- Dave Peterson |
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