Alternative to Absolute Cell Referencing in Excel: Using Named Cells

In today's video, we're diving into the world of Microsoft Excel and exploring an innovative approach to working without absolute cell referencing. Don't worry; understanding absolute cell referencing is crucial, but I'm excited to show you an alternative method that I find even more efficient: using named cells.

🔗 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - Absolute Cell Referencing Recap
2:01 - Introducing Named Cells
2:22- Using Named Cells for Efficient Formulas
2:42 - Applying Named Cells to Different Sheets

If you're unfamiliar with absolute cell referencing, let's quickly review. Imagine you're performing calculations involving sales totals and percentages. Copying formulas can lead to incorrect results without absolute references as the cell references change. But here's a game-changing solution: named cells.

By giving cells meaningful names, you can simplify your formulas and enhance efficiency. Let's say you have a performance bonus percentage - why not name it "PerformanceBonus"? Then, using this name in your formulas ensures consistent results, no matter where you copy the formula.

Embracing named cells, you're not only simplifying your formulas but also making them more versatile and easier to remember, especially when working across multiple sheets.

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[jimellis]

Good tip. I going try it that way the next time I need an absolute cell reference.

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[colinveldheer]

I have a question and curious if you could help me. I want to make an orderlist in excel. I have two sheets. One with the orderlist and one with the data for products to order. With data validation in excel i can make a list in my orderlist to select all the products. But in the datalist (where all the product are in) on the colums to the right there is also data as price, size, etc. What i would like is that with a dropdown menu i can select my product from my datalist and that it also immediately copies all the data as the price etc. With data validation you can only select one row or column so it wont copy anything else but the product name. Currious if someone knows the answer for me :). Would really appreciate any help:)

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[BoxOfChocs]

I assume that the cell name needs to not have any spaces in it?