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David Spears
Nov 12, 2019Copper Contributor
Reference another cell to complete a formula
Microsoft Office 2016 I would like a formula to be updated automatically when a new recipe is entered into another cell. For example.. ='[STATISTICS.xlsm]WK-5-18EF'!$B$4 the WK-5-18ef wou...
- Nov 12, 2019
Made a typo. Obviously, it should be "STATISTICS.xlsm" between the brackets,
not "STATISTICS-xlsm". Recreated something similar on my own system and it works for me.
Riny_van_Eekelen
Nov 12, 2019Platinum Contributor
- David SpearsNov 12, 2019Copper Contributor
That comes up as a error...
- Riny_van_EekelenNov 12, 2019Platinum Contributor
Made a typo. Obviously, it should be "STATISTICS.xlsm" between the brackets,
not "STATISTICS-xlsm". Recreated something similar on my own system and it works for me.
- David SpearsNov 14, 2019Copper Contributor
Riny_van_Eekelen It also needed an extra apostrophe but it works! thank you.
That was the formula I had worked out. But I now realize that the workbook it references has to be open. If I close that workbook the formula does not work. Is there a way to change that?