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Absolute reference formulas

ResolvedVersion 2003

Barbara has attended:
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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

Excel tip:

Counting Blanks

Some times you want to check if there are cells missing data in your range. You can use the COUNTBLANK FUNCTION to acheive this. It is =COUNTBLANK(Range). Note Cells with formulas that return "" (empty text) are also counted. Cells with zero values are not counted.

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