CELL NAME AND
CELL REFERENCE
BY GROUP 2
CELLS
• A cell is a rectangular area formed by the intersection of a column and a row.
• Cells are identified by the cell name, which is found by combining the
column letter and the row number.
Cell Naming
• By default, the name of a cell is the cell reference.
• You may define a particular cell or range of cells with an alternative name.
• This alternative name can then be used in formulas and functions and
provide a quick way to jump to a particular area of the spreadsheet.
Cell Name
• The active cell is the cell in the
spreadsheet that is currently selected
for data entry.
•
The current active cell can be
identified as being the one that has a
darker black border around it.
•
Also, the active cell reference is listed
in the Name Box directly above the
spreadsheet's column headings.
Cell Reference
• A cell reference refers to a cell or a range of cells on a worksheet and can be
used in a formula so that Microsoft Office Excel can find the values or data
that you want that formula to calculate.
You can use a cell reference to refer
• Data from one or more contiguous cells on the worksheet.
• Data contained in different areas of a worksheet.
• Data on other worksheets in the same workbook.
Types of Cell References
• There are two types:
• Relative cell reference
• Absolute cell reference
Relative and Absolute Cell Reference
• Relative and absolute references behave differently when copied and filled
into other cells.
• Relative references change when a formula is copied to another cell.
• Absolute references, on the other hand, remain constant no matter where
they are copied.
To create and copy a formula
using relative references
• Select the cell that will contain the formula
• Enter the formula to calculate the desired
value.
• Press Enter on your keyboard. The formula
will be calculated, and the result will be
displayed in the cell.
• Locate the fill handle in the lower-right
corner of the desired cell.
• Click, hold, and drag the fill handle over the
cells you wish to fill.
• Release the mouse. The formula will be
copied to the selected cells with relative
references and the values will be calculated in
each cell.
COPY A FORMULA USING RELATIVE
REFERENCE
To create and copy a formula
using absolute references
•
Select the cell that will contain the formula. In our
example, we'll select cell D3.
•
Enter the formula to calculate the desired value. In
our example, we'll type =(B3*C3)*$E$1. Press Enter
on your keyboard
•
Locate the fill handle in the lower-right corner of the
desired cell.
•
Click, hold, and drag the fill handle over the cells you
wish to fill
•
Release the mouse. The formula will be copied to the
selected cells with an absolute reference, and the
values will be calculated in each cell.
To create and copy a formula using
absolute references
Using cell references with multiple
worksheets
• To do this, you'll simply need to begin the cell reference with the worksheet
name followed by an exclamation point (!)
• For example, if you wanted to reference cell A1 on Sheet1, its cell reference
would be Sheet1!A1.
INDEX NUMBERS
• AA/AAA/00/0000
• AA/AAA/00/0000