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How do you lock a cell in a formula

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How do you lock a cell in a formula

How do you lock a cell in a formula

RE: How do you lock a cell in a formula

Hello Keith

Thank you for your question and welcome to the forum.

To lock a cell in a formula (or create an 'absolute reference', as it is known in Excel terminology), press the F4 key once straight after you have put the cell into the formula.

This will insert $ signs for you in the correct positions, to lock the cell reference, e.g. instead of C4, $C$4.

Kind regards
Amanda

Fri 10 Apr 2009: Automatically marked as resolved.

 

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