Relative Named Ranges – When Named Ranges Go Walkabout
by Mynda Treacy
Named Ranges is a vast topic that includes some simple techniques that we all can – and should – use to make our spreadsheets easier to build and maintain. There are also some more advanced techniques, like relative named ranges, which are good to know. They are especially useful for that occasion when you inherit a workbook from an Excel super user who thinks you’ll have no hope deciphering their file.
Relative References
A relative named range returns a result that is relative to the cell in which you use it.
To understand this, let’s take a moment to revisit a concept that every Excel user should know very well and that is the way a relative cell reference automatically ...
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