TerryJ wrote:
> 
> 
> Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
>> Sorry for the delay in replying.
>>
>> TerryJ wrote:
>>>
>>> Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
>>>> TerryJ wrote:
>>>>> Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a complex spreadsheet system ...
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> If no one else has any ideas, I have decided to put up with changing the
>>>> cell formula instead of linking them. The $ you mentioned, solved most
>>>> problems, and the rest can seemingly only be sorted out via checking
>>>> each sheet individually and adapting the formula therein as there re too
>>>> many variables in the formulae.
>>> You can't give up that easily.  I have problems following Help and
>>> HowTos. 
>>> If you ever try Linux, you will discover one of the most frustrating 
>>> experiences known to humankind is trying to make sense of "man" pages.
>> I have been 'using' Linux for over a year, but have to admit mainly the
>> KDE GUI. Those 'man' pages can sometimes be frightening :)
>>
>>> I find the best way to work out how to use something is to start trying. 
>>> This is a simple example:
>>>
>>> In Sheet1.A1 type some data.....
>> snip>
>>
>> I tried the example but got a couple of 502 errors. I gotta say the
>> INDIRECT function seems nice but I am unsure how it is going to help me.
>> To me it seems the INDIRECT function is referring to the value of
>> another sheets cell but requires the referenced cell to be defined in
>> another cell?
>>
>> I would assume that I could use the INDIRECT function on each sheet to
>> create a link to the Master template formulae? The problem comes in
>> where I must not use the data on the Master sheet but the data of the
>> sheet where the formula is pasted. Seems to me like a copy and 'paste
>> special' without selecting 'Link'.
>>
>>> Having said that, I should belatedly ask about your example
>>> =Sum($Totals-<month name>.d2).  Is the <month name> part of a sheet name
>>> and
>>> why use SUM for what seems to be a single cell?
>> Sorry, error in the above formula. Copying the formula from cell E5 from
>> the current sheet named(Apr) gives:
>>
>> =SUM(($Totals.B5-SUM(D3:D4))/(30-COUNT(D3:D4)))
>>
>> I still do not see how implementing the INDIRECT function is going to
>> allow me to link to the Master sheet formulae but use the data from the
>> sheet that the formula is pasted onto.
>>
>>
> 
> Ok.  I admit that I've got no idea now what you're trying to do.  I take it
> the document has changed since you provided a copy previously.  How about
> uploading a copy to http://www.mytempdir.com/ and providing a link.  Not
> everyone on the list wants to receive a copy.

Not a bad idea at all. Tnx Terry. Users can now get the file with a file
ID of 1282246.

> When providing the link, please identify by name the sheet which is the
> "master sheet".

The Master sheet is named as such and is the second sheet in the file. :)

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