On 3/6/19 8:26 AM, Tom Williams wrote: > I know it's odd to ask for Excel help in this mailing list but I need > help locating a LibreOffice Calc function/feature in Excel. :) > > I'm helping a friend create a billing invoice and since I'm a Linux > user, I'm using Calc to build the template. So far, it's working well > and given I'm not an Excel user, I find myself struggling some in > getting Excel to "behave". Anyway, I recently discovered the "/Expand > reference when new rows are inserted/" in Calc. It does exactly what I > needed. When I add/remove a row in/from the spreadsheet, my total > "SUM()" formula is updated automagically. > > Does the equivalent feature exist in Excel? What I've found is, when > adding rows *after* the last row in my SUM() formula, the new row is > excluded from the SUM() formula. So, my formula is "=SUM(D7:D27)". > Once I add row 28, I need the SUM() formula to be updated to > "=SUM(D7:D28)". Conversely, when row 28 is removed, I want the SUM() > formula to be updated to "=SUM(D7:D27". In Calc, the "/Expand > reference when new rows are inserted/" feature does this work for me. > > I did some web searching and found this article: > > https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/3895-excel-update-formula-when-inserting-rows.html > > but I hope to find an easier and more flexible way to accomplish what I > need. Or is that approach what I really should use? > > Thanks in advance! > > Peace... > > "The Other" Tom > > Nevermind! I found this:
https://bettersolutions.com/excel/formulas/automatic-expansion.htm That should do what I need! Thanks anyway! :) Peace... "The Other" Tom -- /When I leave, I don't know what I'm hoping to find, And when I leave, I don't know what I'm leaving behind.../ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
