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LINKING cells with FORMULA that UPDATES cell references within other formulas

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    LINKING cells with FORMULA that UPDATES cell references within other formulas

    Is it possible to link a few cells in a worksheet with a special formula in such a way, that if a cell reference (forming part of a formula within a given cell) is changed in one place, cell references are automatically updated in other cells which contain a similar formula – according to a specific pattern?

    Say, cell D12 has a formulas which imports a value form another worksheet (or even spreadsheet) – from the cell address ‘WORKSHEET1’1!C8. Then, cells E19-23 have a formula which imports values from 5 different worksheets with addresses such as:
    ‘WORKSHEET1’1!F8,
    ‘WORKSHEET2’1!F8,
    ‘WORKSHEET3’1!F8,
    'WORKSHEET4’1!F8,
    ‘WORKSHEET5’1!F8.

    What I want to do, is create a formula that works in the following way:
    when I manually change the reference in D12 from ‘WORKSHEET1’1!C8 to C9, I want to F8 cell reference to change everywhere to F9, as well.

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    Re: LINKING cells with FORMULA that UPDATES cell references within other formulas

    Depending on what exactly your original formula is, you might be able to reference the cells using the OFFSET or INDEX functions...

    Can you show what exactly your formulas are now and what you want them to change to based on the change made in D12?
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