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Default formula (a1*a2) filling down becomes (a2*a3) i want (a1*a3) Help!

in my spreadsheet when i fill down the formula i want it to use one cell and
mulitply it by the row.

How do i do this, please help its driving me mad!
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tRY THIS AND DRAG DOWN

=$A$1*A2

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in my spreadsheet when i fill down the formula i want it to use one cell and
mulitply it by the row.

How do i do this, please help its driving me mad!

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Use

=A$1*A2 and fill down

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Go into Excel help and look at the difference between absolute and relative
addressing for cell references.
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in my spreadsheet when i fill down the formula i want it to use one cell
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mulitply it by the row.

How do i do this, please help its driving me mad!



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