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    Question Changing where a Table "refers to"

    I have opened my name manager and found that for Tables in particular you cannot Edit the "refers to" range.

    I have a spreadsheet which uses "varsTable" in about 18 different places. I no longer want to use this table but rather a table which is located in a seperate workbook, called centralVarsTable.

    Question: What is the easiest way for me to make my spreadsheet refer to this external table?

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    Re: Changing where a Table "refers to"

    Use Find and Replace
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    Re: Changing where a Table "refers to"

    Thanks Olly for your prompt reply. I thought of Find&Replace which would be fine if I were simply replacing the name of my Table for a second table contained in the same workbook. My problem is what to use in the "replace" when centralVarsTable is in another worbkook called aaa.xlsx on Sheet1 ... how do I refer to that that particular table then?
    Last edited by AliGW; 12-14-2017 at 07:20 AM. Reason: Unnecessary quotation removed.

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    Re: Changing where a Table "refers to"

    Find what: varsTable
    Replace with: aaa.xlsx!centralVarsTable

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