On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 10:18 -0500, Lars D. Noodén wrote:
> Yes.  But I am not moving the formula I am moving one of the cells.
> So if I have, in cell B1, any of these formulas,
>       =A1+A2
>   or  =A$1+A$2
>   or  =$A$1+$A$2
> 
> and I move *A2* to A3 using cut and paste, then the formula changes to
>       =A1+A3
>   or  =A$1+A$3
>   or  =$A$1+$A$3

Ah! Sorry, I misunderstood. Yes this is a 'feature' and it is apparently
the same in Excel 2000 and Excel 2003 according to the following issue
reports:

http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=29135
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=26929

If you move a cell that formulas refer to then they are changed.

> That's fine in most circumstances and good in many of those.  However, 
> there are times when that is a big problem.  There are times when I'd 
> like to keep the formula from changing.
> 
> -Lars 
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> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Ross Johnson wrote:
> > Are you really saying that =$A$1+$A$2 is being changed when you move it?
> > = A1+A2 should always change.
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