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To link the template sheet to the customer sheet so that any changes made in the template sheet are automatically updated in the customer sheet, you can use a combination of cell references and named ranges. Here are the steps to do this:
- In the template sheet, select the cells that contain the item descriptions and prices, and assign a named range to these cells. To do this, go to the "Formulas" tab, click on "Define Name" in the "Defined Names" group, and enter a name for the range.
- In the customer sheet, insert a column to the left of the item descriptions column. In this new column, enter the quantities for each item.
- In the item descriptions column, use the VLOOKUP function to look up the item description from the named range in the template sheet based on the item name in the customer sheet. For example, if the named range is called "ItemData" and the item name is in cell A2, the formula in cell B2 would be:
=VLOOKUP(A2,ItemData,2,FALSE)
This formula looks up the item name in cell A2 in the named range "ItemData" in the second column (which contains the item descriptions), and returns the corresponding description.
- In the price column, use the VLOOKUP function to look up the price from the named range in the template sheet based on the item name in the customer sheet. For example, if the named range is called "ItemData" and the item name is in cell A2, the formula in cell C2 would be:
=VLOOKUP(A2,ItemData,3,FALSE)
This formula looks up the item name in cell A2 in the named range "ItemData" in the third column (which contains the prices), and returns the corresponding price.
Now, if you make any changes to the item descriptions or prices in the named range in the template sheet, these changes will be automatically updated in the customer sheet via the VLOOKUP formulas. Additionally, if you add or delete items in the named range, the VLOOKUP formulas will automatically adjust to reflect these changes in the customer sheet.
