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    How to Link Sheet2 Rows to Sheet 1 Columns???

    Hi everyone - first of all, I am a relative noob with excel, and I've done a search but haven't found an answer to this problem, so I apologize if this has been covered in a previous thread. Here's my problem:

    I have data on Sheet1 that I want to link to Sheet2. BUT the Sheet1 data is sorted in columns and need to link them to ROWS in Sheet2. I need to write a formula in Sheet2 cells to link to the Sheet1 cells that I can "drag" so that the formulas auto-fill to the next corresponding cell as I have hundreds of rows and thousands of cells to link (obviously linking each and every cell would take forever). For example:

    Sheet2 cells C10, D10, E10 F10 need to point and link to the data (respectively) to:
    Sheet1 cells B20, B21, B22, B23

    And again, I need a formula that I can just "drag" across the row to link each cell the corresponding cell on the other sheet. HELP!!

    I'm not familiar with advanced macros, so a specific formula according to the example above would be helpful. Thanks so much!

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    Re: How to Link Sheet2 Rows to Sheet 1 Columns???

    One way would be to Copy the data, then do a Paste Special... Transpose.

    A formula drive method - in C10
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    Re: How to Link Sheet2 Rows to Sheet 1 Columns???

    Sorry for the ignorance on my part - what do the -3 and -10 represent in the code?

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    Re: How to Link Sheet2 Rows to Sheet 1 Columns???

    Someone also suggested I use the "INDEX" function, but he had no idea how?! Looking it up on MS help yielded more questions than answers...

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    Re: How to Link Sheet2 Rows to Sheet 1 Columns???

    The offset function, as I have used it, is broken down to:
    Offset(from the anchor, move this many rows, and this many columns)

    Sheet1!$B$21 is the anchor
    COLUMN()-3 is the number of rows to move. You gave C10 as start cell or Column 3 - Row 10. As you copy the formula to the right, this number will grow forcing the "move this many rows" to increase in the Offset.
    Row()-10 is the same principal for determining the number of columns to move from the anchor.

    Using the Index function:
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    Re: How to Link Sheet2 Rows to Sheet 1 Columns???

    Thanks! I'll play with it and give it a shot.

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