links in Excel

[Guest]

Hi

I want to 'blanket' copy one sheet to another in seperate workbooks creating
links so one updates the other, but I don't want to reference each cell and
also I don't want zeros in where blanks are in the source data sheet.

Thanks

 

[Bernie Deitrick]

Homer,

Copy the sheet, then select all the cells, use Edit / Go To.... Special Constants. Note the
address of the activecell, then type =, navigate to the same cell on the original worksheet and
select it, and then press Ctrl-Enter. Do the same thing for formulas (Edit / Go To.... Special
Formulas), and you're done.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure what you mean by not wanting to "reference each cell", but in
terms of preventing that annoying blanks-to-zeroes thing, try this:

=IF('C:\Folder\[linked file.xls]sheet_name'!A2<>"",'C:\Folder\[linked
file.xls]sheet_name'!A2,"")