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Why this formula only works when the external link file is open

  1. 01-15-2013, 05:22 AM #1
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    Why this formula only works when the external link file is open

    Hi, good morning.

    I just have a very simple formula to count the total number of cells in file Book1:

    =COUNTA(OFFSET([Book1.xlsx]Sheet1!$A$1,95,5,1000))

    This works well if the file is open. But always results in an error #VALUE if it is not open. Do you know why? Because of OFFSET?
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    Re: Why this formula only works when the external link file is open

    please can someone give some idea?
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    Re: Why this formula only works when the external link file is open

    Got it solved. Basically OFFSET() does not support external link.
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