In B1
=INDIRECT("A"&COLUMN(A1))

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r

2010/12/6 0 1 <hhholme...@gmail.com>

> The source document (sample.xls) contains these data:
>
> A
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
>
> In my destination workbook, I would like to put a reference in A1 so
> when I copy the formula into B1, C1, etc., I get this:
>
> A  1  2  3 etc.
>
> Instead I get:
>
> A  0  0  0 etc.
>
> I've tried every variation of =sample.xls!$A$1 and none of them do it.
> Is there another way? This is only needed one time but I'm trying to
> avoid having to manually edit the formula across 20 columns, which is
> how many the formula needs to be copied into.
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