I figured it out. :)

if I name them (the ranges) like this =$A$1 instead of =!$A$1 then I can
reference them by '<sheet'!<range_name

I guess excel does a literal substitution and as a result the two !'s were
confusing it.
bubba assigned to !$A$1
'sheet 1'!bubba gets translated to 'sheet 1'!!$A$1
so excel starts looking for a spreadsheet named "sheet 1" I guess. It seems
to make some sort of logical sense; to me....

This opens up so many possibilities for me. I should be able to eliminate
several hundred VLOOKUP() formulas from my workbook.

THANK YOU for pointing me in the right direction.

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca@ wrote in message
...
Adam

Apologies. Misunderstood

I thought you wanted rn1hp to refer to same cell $C$5 on each sheet.

To reference Sheet1!rn1hp from another sheet, you have to make the name
sheet-specific when you create the name.

You're back to adding the refers to: =sheet1!$C$5 as you create the name.


Gord

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:03:02 -0600, "Adam Kroger"
wrote:

Works well within the active sheet, but I can not figure out how to
reference it from another sheet.

EXAMPLE
active sheet is pilot2

rn1hp refers to !$C$5

I want to refer to r1hp on sheet1

=sheet1!rn1hp returns #NAME? and brings up a file dialog box
&
=INDIRECT(sheet1!rn1hp) returns #REF! and changes the formula to
='TESTBED -
Combat Tracker v3.0.4.xls'!rn1hp

thanks


"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca@ wrote in message
. ..
Adam

Try this..........

On sheet1 InsertNameDefine.

Type in "globalgame"(no quotes)

In refers to box type in =!$A$1:$K$22 and OK your way out.

Go to any sheet and F5. In the reference: dialog Type in
"globalgame"(no
quotes) and OK.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:16:21 -0600, "Adam Kroger"
wrote:

a further clarification, can you name a range of cells say A1:K22 game,
and
then specify sheet1!game, sheet2!game without haveing to name then on
sheet1
and sthhet2 and sheet3...?

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
. ..
Yes. Select sheet1,

InsertNameDefine...

then in the 'Names in workbook' put Sheet1!game, then add the range in
the
Refersto box.

Repeat for sheet2, etc.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from email address if mailing direct)

"Adam Kroger @hotmail.com" <adam_kroger<nospam wrote in message
...
Can you have sheet specific named ranges?

ie
sheet1!game, sheet2!game, sheet3!game


so they can be referenced in a lookup, pulling values from the
correct
sheet.

thanks

OOPS!

spoke too soon. I thought it was working, but it is not...

apparently when I take the ! out of the address when I name it, XL appends
the sheet address to it.....

I am back to square 1.

!HELP!





"Adam Kroger @hotmail.com" <adam_kroger<nospam wrote in message
...
I figured it out. :)

if I name them (the ranges) like this =$A$1 instead of =!$A$1 then I can
reference them by '<sheet'!<range_name

I guess excel does a literal substitution and as a result the two !'s were
confusing it.
bubba assigned to !$A$1
'sheet 1'!bubba gets translated to 'sheet 1'!!$A$1
so excel starts looking for a spreadsheet named "sheet 1" I guess. It
seems to make some sort of logical sense; to me....

This opens up so many possibilities for me. I should be able to eliminate
several hundred VLOOKUP() formulas from my workbook.

THANK YOU for pointing me in the right direction.

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca@ wrote in message
...
Adam

Apologies. Misunderstood

I thought you wanted rn1hp to refer to same cell $C$5 on each sheet.

To reference Sheet1!rn1hp from another sheet, you have to make the name
sheet-specific when you create the name.

You're back to adding the refers to: =sheet1!$C$5 as you create the name.


Gord

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:03:02 -0600, "Adam Kroger"
wrote:

Works well within the active sheet, but I can not figure out how to
reference it from another sheet.

EXAMPLE
active sheet is pilot2

rn1hp refers to !$C$5

I want to refer to r1hp on sheet1

=sheet1!rn1hp returns #NAME? and brings up a file dialog box
&
=INDIRECT(sheet1!rn1hp) returns #REF! and changes the formula to
='TESTBED -
Combat Tracker v3.0.4.xls'!rn1hp

thanks


"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca@ wrote in message
...
Adam

Try this..........

On sheet1 InsertNameDefine.

Type in "globalgame"(no quotes)

In refers to box type in =!$A$1:$K$22 and OK your way out.

Go to any sheet and F5. In the reference: dialog Type in
"globalgame"(no
quotes) and OK.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:16:21 -0600, "Adam Kroger"
wrote:

a further clarification, can you name a range of cells say A1:K22 game,
and
then specify sheet1!game, sheet2!game without haveing to name then on
sheet1
and sthhet2 and sheet3...?

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Yes. Select sheet1,

InsertNameDefine...

then in the 'Names in workbook' put Sheet1!game, then add the range
in
the
Refersto box.

Repeat for sheet2, etc.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from email address if mailing direct)

"Adam Kroger @hotmail.com" <adam_kroger<nospam wrote in message
...
Can you have sheet specific named ranges?

ie
sheet1!game, sheet2!game, sheet3!game


so they can be referenced in a lookup, pulling values from the
correct
sheet.

thanks