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    Adam
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    Two spreadsheets linked - moving cells

    Hi All

    I have two spreadsheets which are linked together. Spreadsheet a is linked
    to b so that in spreadsheet b it pulls in the cells B6:B17 from spreadsheet a.

    Unfortunately I need it to pull in b5:b16 so what I'm trying to do is to
    delete a row in spreadsheet a. But when I do that the cell reference in
    spreadsheet b automatically changes. Is there anyway to stop it automatically
    changing?

    Reason I;m not just changing the reference is that there are actually about
    26 spreadsheets that are like spreadsheet a which are linked to b. And this
    would be the quickest way of changing them all.

    I hope this is possible

    Many Thanks

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    Chris
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    RE: Two spreadsheets linked - moving cells

    I'm not quite sure I understand everthing you are trying to describe.
    But if you want to fix a cell reference use the $ in front of every
    reference ex
    =SUM($B$5:$B$16). This will then take the info from the referneced cell and
    not adjust if you delete a row.
    I hope this is helpful.
    Chris

    "Adam" wrote:

    > Hi All
    >
    > I have two spreadsheets which are linked together. Spreadsheet a is linked
    > to b so that in spreadsheet b it pulls in the cells B6:B17 from spreadsheet a.
    >
    > Unfortunately I need it to pull in b5:b16 so what I'm trying to do is to
    > delete a row in spreadsheet a. But when I do that the cell reference in
    > spreadsheet b automatically changes. Is there anyway to stop it automatically
    > changing?
    >
    > Reason I;m not just changing the reference is that there are actually about
    > 26 spreadsheets that are like spreadsheet a which are linked to b. And this
    > would be the quickest way of changing them all.
    >
    > I hope this is possible
    >
    > Many Thanks
    >
    > --
    > Adam
    > -----------
    > Windows 98 + Office Pro 97


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    Re: Two spreadsheets linked - moving cells

    That's great, but how do I get the cells to stay linked if I were to move them around? For example, I have information in row B that is linked, I have added new information in row C, and now I have sorted A to Z, which moves them around.

    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    I'm not quite sure I understand everthing you are trying to describe.
    But if you want to fix a cell reference use the $ in front of every
    reference ex
    =SUM($B$5:$B$16). This will then take the info from the referneced cell and
    not adjust if you delete a row.
    I hope this is helpful.
    Chris

    "Adam" wrote:

    > Hi All
    >
    > I have two spreadsheets which are linked together. Spreadsheet a is linked
    > to b so that in spreadsheet b it pulls in the cells B6:B17 from spreadsheet a.
    >
    > Unfortunately I need it to pull in b5:b16 so what I'm trying to do is to
    > delete a row in spreadsheet a. But when I do that the cell reference in
    > spreadsheet b automatically changes. Is there anyway to stop it automatically
    > changing?
    >
    > Reason I;m not just changing the reference is that there are actually about
    > 26 spreadsheets that are like spreadsheet a which are linked to b. And this
    > would be the quickest way of changing them all.
    >
    > I hope this is possible
    >
    > Many Thanks
    >
    > --
    > Adam
    > -----------
    > Windows 98 + Office Pro 97

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    Re: Two spreadsheets linked - moving cells

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