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date formulas

ResolvedVersion 2013

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Date formulas

I want to create a column with weekly dates in each row.
I have entered 24/8/15 in A4 and the formula =A4+7 in A5. This gives the value of 31/08/15. So far so good. But if I drag that formula down the column I just gets lots of 31/08/15. What am I doing wrong please?

RE: date formulas

Hi Liz,

Thank you for the forum question.


To me you are doing everything right.

Could the workbook been set to manual calculation?

Open the workbook and go to the Formulas tab. Click Calculation Options in the calculate group, Make sure that you have selected Automatic.

If this is not the problem I can have a look at the workbook. Please forward it to :

info@stl-training.co.uk


Kind regards

Jens Bonde
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RE: date formulas

Thank you for your advice. Funnily enough when I opened the workbook, its working fine now. Have checked the calculation options and it is set to automatic. So I am sorted for now, thanks
Liz

Tue 6 Oct 2015: Automatically marked as resolved.

Excel tip:

Quick Absolute Cell References

When entering cell references in a formula you probably click the cell, or you may type in the cell reference. If you require any of the 4 variations, press the F4 key now before you press Enter to toggle around the relative and absolute entries ($signs).

Note that the F4 key outside of editing a formula is the Repeat key to repeat a previous action.

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