P Pete_UK Dec 16, 2008 #2 It anchors the row and column references, so that if you were to copy that formula to any other cell it would still be: =+$R$16 It is known as absolute referencing (check in XL Help for more details). Incidentally, you don't need the + sign in the formula. Hope this helps. Pete
It anchors the row and column references, so that if you were to copy that formula to any other cell it would still be: =+$R$16 It is known as absolute referencing (check in XL Help for more details). Incidentally, you don't need the + sign in the formula. Hope this helps. Pete