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Excel question

breadmonkey · 2011-08-14 09:53:51

Is it posible to have Excel display one value in a cell while the true value is actually different? It's kind of hard to explain why I want to do this. I know that I could turn off auto calculate and change the cell values but I'd prefer something that's less of a bodge.

14-08-2011 9:53am

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breadmonkey

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Is it posible to have Excel display one value in a cell while the true value is actually different?

It's kind of hard to explain why I want to do this. I know that I could turn off auto calculate and change the cell values but I'd prefer something that's less of a bodge.

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#2 14-08-2011 12:26pm

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Fiddling the accounts again?

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#3 14-08-2011 12:45pm

ajc100

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Put the true value in Cell A1 Sheet2 and do your calculations e.g. subtract 10 B1"=SUM(A1-10)".

Then on Sheet1, A1"=Sheet2!B1".

Then hide\lock Sheet2.

Note: any changes you make to Sheet2 B1 will automatically be reflected in Sheet1 A1.

Dodgy dealings done!

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