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8/18/2006 10:06:02 AM    Extend data range formulas keeping one static cell referenced?
I have a ticket for entering sales.  Calculations are performed wihtin the 
 
ticket.  he rows are repeated for each sale.  One calculation is set up to 
 
multiply by a static row at the top with data.  The formula needs extend with 
 
each ticket yet the reference to the row at the top should not extend because 
 
it never repeats within the ticket.  I cannot include the data row within the 
 
ticket because there is a dependent calculation that will be disrupted.  Is 
 
there a way to allow a portion of the formula to extend and a portion to not 
 
add rows? 
 
Helpful ideas appreciated.  I would rather not restructure the sheet because 
 
it is fit for purpose.   It just does not paste and calculate without 
 
editing.  The ticket needs to repeat many times and editing would be 
 
difficult.



8/19/2006 3:48:07 AM    Re: Extend data range formulas keeping one static cell referenced?
Melissa wrote: 
 
Hi Melissa, 
 
I don't know which formula are you using, so I'll do an example with SUM 
 
function: 
 
=SUM($A$3:A6) 
 
If you input the above formula in A7 and then copy down to A8, A9 and so on, 
 
the formula becomes: 
 
=SUM($A$3:A7) in cell A8, 
 
=SUM($A$3:A8) in cell A9, 
 
and so on... 
 
So you have to use absolute references in the first cell of the range and 
 
relative references for the last cell of the range. 
 
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Hope I helped you. 
 
Thanks in advance for your feedback. 
 
Ciao 
 
Franz Verga from Italy