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Absolute reference formulas

How do you lock a reference formula?

RE: absolute reference formulas

Hi Barbara,
To answer your question to lock a formula you have to make it absolute by putting dollar signs around the reference. For example A1 becomes $A$1. A shortcut to this is clicking into the reference and pressing the function key F4.
Hope that helps
Tracy

 

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