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Preventing Cell Change in a Table

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    Preventing Cell Change in a Table

    So I have this table...
    At the bottom of the table the Outer Fences. There is a column at the end of the table that calculates if the value in the row is outside the fences. I tried to do this by using the cell (say, H1500) in the if statement, but as I continued down the column I noticed that row 2 used H1500, row 3 used H1501, row 4 used H1502, and so on. So I have been just entering the new fence numbers as the data changes. Is there a way to go into the if statement and somehow "lock" the cell value so it doesn't change?

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    Re: Preventing Cell Change in a Table

    You need to read up on absolute and relative references.

    $H$1500 will not change as you move down the column or as you move across the row.

    H$1500 will not change as you move down the column, but will change as you move across the row.

    $H1500 will change as you move down the column, but will not change as you move across the row.

    H1500 will change as you move down the column and as you move across the row.

    You can type the $ symbols in, or change the reference with the F4 button on your keyboard.
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    Re: Preventing Cell Change in a Table

    Thank you!!

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