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Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Data Analysis and Business Modeling, Second Edition
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Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Data Analysis and Business Modeling, Second Edition

by Wayne L. Winston
May 2007
Beginner to intermediate
624 pages
17h 3m
English
Microsoft Press
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Chapter 10. Circular References

  • I often get a circular reference message from Excel. Does this mean I’ve made an error?

  • How can I resolve circular references?

When Microsoft Office Excel displays a message that your workbook contains a circular reference, it means there is a "loop," or dependency, between two or more cells in a worksheet. For example, a circular reference occurs if the value in cell A1 influences the value in C2, the value in cell C2 influences the value in cell D2, and the value in cell D2 influences the value in cell A1. Figure 10-1 illustrates the pattern of a circular reference.

A loop causing a circular reference

Figure 10-1. A loop causing a circular reference ...

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