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formulas

ResolvedVersion 2003

Mary has attended:
Excel Intermediate course

Formulas

Why is it when I try to duplicate a formula that someone else has created it will not work, is there a finite number of times that you can copy and paste, using "all formulas"?
thanks

RE: Formulas

Hello Mary

Thank you for your question and welcome to the forum.

The problem with copying formulas that other people have created sometimes is that you can do this without checking whether the formula you are copying will perform the calculation you want it to or not.

There could be a number of reasons why a formula will not work therefore this question is difficult to answer.

The Microsoft web site has a tutorial on formulas which includes a section on reference type which you may find useful:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/Training.aspx?AssetID=RC061079311033& ;CTT=6&Origin=RC061079311033

Amanda

Excel tip:

Formula for last day of month

In some cases it is necessary to find the last day of a month for a given date. If you use the following formula, you can achieve this, ie; if you have a column of dates, use this formula to find the end of month for each day by using the fill handle. The formula is as follows, and assumes in this example that the first date in question is in cell C5, in any other cell type; =DATE(YEAR(C5),MONTH(C5)+1,1)-1

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