Display contents of a specific cell even if a group of cells is mo
 

In one cell, I want to display the contents of another cell which is part of
a range of cells which contain a list that is constantly being rearranged
(resorted, draged, new data inserted, etc.). Everything I've tried (including
absolute references) results in the display cell pointing to the same data as
the range of cells changes.

Thanks!

Use INDIRECT

=INDIRECT("'Sheet2'!A1")

will always return what's in A1 in Sheet2


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom



"Larry Heine" wrote in message
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In one cell, I want to display the contents of another cell which is part
of
a range of cells which contain a list that is constantly being rearranged
(resorted, draged, new data inserted, etc.). Everything I've tried
(including
absolute references) results in the display cell pointing to the same data
as
the range of cells changes.

Thanks!

Do you mean refer to say A20 even if A20 is dragged away, your reference
continues to look at A20?

=INDIRECT("A20")

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Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Larry Heine" wrote in message
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In one cell, I want to display the contents of another cell which is part
of
a range of cells which contain a list that is constantly being rearranged
(resorted, draged, new data inserted, etc.). Everything I've tried
(including
absolute references) results in the display cell pointing to the same data
as
the range of cells changes.

Thanks!

You could try the following:

Suppose your target cell is C5. I'm assuming that you always want C5, not
where the data in C5 may move to.

Try using offset(A1,4,2)

The 4 is how many rows away C5 is from A1.
The 2 is how many columns away C5 is from A1.

Art

"Larry Heine" wrote:

In one cell, I want to display the contents of another cell which is part of
a range of cells which contain a list that is constantly being rearranged
(resorted, draged, new data inserted, etc.). Everything I've tried (including
absolute references) results in the display cell pointing to the same data as
the range of cells changes.

Thanks!

Thanks, Peo, two nagging questions answered in 20 minutes!

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

Use INDIRECT

=INDIRECT("'Sheet2'!A1")

will always return what's in A1 in Sheet2


--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom



"Larry Heine" wrote in message
...
In one cell, I want to display the contents of another cell which is part
of
a range of cells which contain a list that is constantly being rearranged
(resorted, draged, new data inserted, etc.). Everything I've tried
(including
absolute references) results in the display cell pointing to the same data
as
the range of cells changes.

Thanks!

Display contents of a specific cell even if a group of cells i
 

What if you want to follow the contents of cell C5 if it moves to a new
position due to a sort??

"Art" wrote:

You could try the following:

Suppose your target cell is C5. I'm assuming that you always want C5, not
where the data in C5 may move to.

Try using offset(A1,4,2)

The 4 is how many rows away C5 is from A1.
The 2 is how many columns away C5 is from A1.

Art

"Larry Heine" wrote:

In one cell, I want to display the contents of another cell which is part of
a range of cells which contain a list that is constantly being rearranged
(resorted, draged, new data inserted, etc.). Everything I've tried (including
absolute references) results in the display cell pointing to the same data as
the range of cells changes.

Thanks!