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I am a first time user of Excel 2000 and have no idea what the terms mean,
how to do many things such as copy from one worksheet to another maintaining all formulas etc. I have inadvertently created a circular reference and have no idea how to remove it. Reading the help nots on allowing or correcting a circular reference didn't help, nor did locating & removing a circular reference. Should Navigate Circular Reference box be empty with no sign when you leave the mouse on it? Please help. Kind regards Jane ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...excel.newusers |
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Hi Jane, Circular Reference
I can't tell for sure if you know what a circular reference is, I will assume that you do since you say you located and removed a circular reference. The indication probably being that you had multiple circular references. Suggest you look at the status bar for the words circular reference, then if you see "Circular:" not followed by a cell address then it is probably on another sheet -- to find that sheet ... Start on the first worksheet tab, and check the status bar (at the bottom) After checking use Ctrl+PageDown to check the next tab, and keep going through the tabs until you find the problem. View, Toolbars, (check) Circular References -- if not available see customize in following link: Tools, Options, Calculation (uncheck) iterations Allow or Correct a Circular Reference http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...002851033.aspx several items must be expanded see triangular symbols. or the "Show All" near the top or it's opposite "Hide All". Excel 2003/2004: Correcting Circular References, UWEC http://www.uwec.edu/help/Excel03/trshoot.htm (University of Wisconsin) Status Bar http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/statusbar.htm mentioned so you know what is available on the status bar. Just in case you don't know what a circular reference is; J3: =J3 a cell referring to itself would be a Circular Reference and this would show up as Circular: J3 if you are on that sheet tab, or just as Circular: if you are on another tab. F3: =G3 G3 =F3 this is a circular reference because it is dependent on itself. As a new user you might want to look at some tutorials, including the video tutorials in the links at http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel....htm#tutorials and at Peter Noneley's Excel Function Dictionary (on Ron's site) http://www.rondebruin.nl/files/xlfdic01.zip you will have to unzip the file --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Solitaire Jane Austin" <Solitaire Jane wrote in message ... I am a first time user of Excel 2000 and have no idea what the terms mean, how to do many things such as copy from one worksheet to another maintaining all formulas etc. I have inadvertently created a circular reference and have no idea how to remove it. Reading the help nots on allowing or correcting a circular reference didn't help, nor did locating & removing a circular reference. Should Navigate Circular Reference box be empty with no sign when you leave the mouse on it? Please help. Kind regards Jane ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...excel.newusers |
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