Could I use formulas to pull information from different spreadsheet files in excel ?
Example:
to generate statistics in a new worksheet from an excel worksheet constantly being updated?
Open both WorkBooks, and in the destination WorkBook, type '=' in your desired cell. Then from the Window menu, select your other WorkBook and click on the relevant Cell on the relevant Sheet.
The resulting formula will look something like this;
='C:\[Book1.xls]Sheet1'!$A$1
This is know as linking workbooks. When you open your destination WorkBook in the future, you will be prompted to 'Update Links?', by clicking Yes, your destination workbook will update from the data in the source WorkBook.
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