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Path in formulas
Is there anyway to have Excel not put the path in a formula when renaming a
file. I have some large long IF statements in my workbook and when I save the file in a different directory and then try to reopen, I get a "formula is too long" error. These functions are linked to other spreadsheets on different drives. Can someone please help? |
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Rob,
Sorry, but no. The way around this is to put each link into a separate cell, then make your formula using only those local cells. HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "Rob" wrote in message ... Is there anyway to have Excel not put the path in a formula when renaming a file. I have some large long IF statements in my workbook and when I save the file in a different directory and then try to reopen, I get a "formula is too long" error. These functions are linked to other spreadsheets on different drives. Can someone please help? |
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Bernie, could you put the references into a named-range...
RangeName: LogRange RefersTo: =[c:\documents and settings\myname\my documents\myOthersheet.xls]Logs!$A$1:$H$10 then the formulas would use the shorter name "LogRange" to represent that link? -- Regards, John "Bernie Deitrick" wrote: Rob, Sorry, but no. The way around this is to put each link into a separate cell, then make your formula using only those local cells. HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "Rob" wrote in message ... Is there anyway to have Excel not put the path in a formula when renaming a file. I have some large long IF statements in my workbook and when I save the file in a different directory and then try to reopen, I get a "formula is too long" error. These functions are linked to other spreadsheets on different drives. Can someone please help? |
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John,
I don't know, because I personally prefer to not use complex names. I think they make it harder to understand a workbook and maintain it. But it may work, though I would certainly test to see what happens when the "myOthersheet" file is saved under a different name. Bernie MS Excel MVP "John Keith" wrote in message ... Bernie, could you put the references into a named-range... RangeName: LogRange RefersTo: =[c:\documents and settings\myname\my documents\myOthersheet.xls]Logs!$A$1:$H$10 then the formulas would use the shorter name "LogRange" to represent that link? -- Regards, John "Bernie Deitrick" wrote: Rob, Sorry, but no. The way around this is to put each link into a separate cell, then make your formula using only those local cells. HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "Rob" wrote in message ... Is there anyway to have Excel not put the path in a formula when renaming a file. I have some large long IF statements in my workbook and when I save the file in a different directory and then try to reopen, I get a "formula is too long" error. These functions are linked to other spreadsheets on different drives. Can someone please help? |
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