A cell reference is simply a way of identifying a specific cell in your spreadsheet.

Place a colon between two relative references to include all cells between the two points. For example, "A1:B5" including 5 cells in two adjacent columns: the cells from "A1" to "A5" and from "B1 ...

Q: My partner says there’s an F4 shortcut to creating absolute cell references in Excel formulas, but for the life of me I can’t make it work. What am I doing wrong? A: Your partner is right, but ...

In such a situation, you can use what's called an absolute reference in Excel, which won't change when you drag or copy it from cell to cell. To create one, precede the row letter and column ...

Posey's Tips & Tricks. How To Use Microsoft Office for Asset Management, Part 3. Working with absolute and relative cell references in Excel, plus retrieving a value from a second sheet.

Relative cell reference: When copied across multiple cells, the cell formula changes based on the relative position of rows and columns. For example, if you copy the formula =B3*C3 from row 3 to ...