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Default How to reference Cells AA and forward with CHAR (and a bonus quest

I am in a position where I want to reference cells with 11 columns in between
them, i.e. if I first reference Cell A4 I then want to reference Cell M4 and
then Cell Y4 and so on. The first cell would then be Cell =CHAR(65)&4
Obviously you can guess what the problem is, since character there is no CHAR
value for AA or AB - the closest I get is =CHAR(65)&CHAR(65). So how do I set
it up so that I can make a CHAR-reference to cell AA1 without using two CHAR
commands?

For simplicity's sake: =CHAR(65+12*B1)&1 where B1=3 returns lower case "e"
and 1 where I would want it to return AK and 1.

Second question, somewhat related: what am I doing wrong with
=INDIRECT("CHAR("&65&")")

or for that matter

=INDIRECT("CHAR(65)")

I want both of these to resolve as CHAR(65) - i.e. capital "A" - but instead
I get #REF!

I'm sure these are newbie questions, but my first browse through the forums
didn't find me the answers so I'm hoping someone will have the time to answer
them. Thanks!
 
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