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I AM USING THE OFFSET FUNCTION FOR LOOKING UP CERTAIN INFORMATION IN ANOTHER
WORKSHEET. THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED WITHIN A RANGE OF FIELDS EG: A20:A38
WHEN I COPY THIS FORMULA IT AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES THE FIELDS EG: A21:A39 AND
SO ON. HOW DO I TURN THIS OFF. I WANT IT TO STAY AT A20:A38.
I AM USING EXCEL 2002.
I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF AND GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED!
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SHELL -

ABSOLUTE REFERENCE (INSTEAD OF RELATIVE):

$A$20:$A$38

- MIKE


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I AM USING THE OFFSET FUNCTION FOR LOOKING UP CERTAIN INFORMATION IN
ANOTHER
WORKSHEET. THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED WITHIN A RANGE OF FIELDS EG:
A20:A38
WHEN I COPY THIS FORMULA IT AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES THE FIELDS EG: A21:A39
AND
SO ON. HOW DO I TURN THIS OFF. I WANT IT TO STAY AT A20:A38.
I AM USING EXCEL 2002.
I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF AND GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED!



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USE ABSOLUTE REFERENCES!

$A$20:$A$38

CLIFF EDWARDS!


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Please don't yell at us... typing in all caps are perceived as
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Thank you very much, you have saved me wasting hours of my time with such an
easy solution =]



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SHELL -

ABSOLUTE REFERENCE (INSTEAD OF RELATIVE):

$A$20:$A$38

- MIKE


"SHELL" wrote in message
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I AM USING THE OFFSET FUNCTION FOR LOOKING UP CERTAIN INFORMATION IN
ANOTHER
WORKSHEET. THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED WITHIN A RANGE OF FIELDS EG:
A20:A38
WHEN I COPY THIS FORMULA IT AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES THE FIELDS EG: A21:A39
AND
SO ON. HOW DO I TURN THIS OFF. I WANT IT TO STAY AT A20:A38.
I AM USING EXCEL 2002.
I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF AND GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED!






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Thank you very much, you have saved me wasting hours of my time with such an
easy solution =]


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USE ABSOLUTE REFERENCES!

$A$20:$A$38

CLIFF EDWARDS!



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