You may be well-accustomed to using cell references in Excel, but did you know you could go one step further and create your own cell references? This is where the INDIRECT function comes in handy.

Doing this tells Excel to add the June and July cell values to create a total. When people view the Total worksheet, they will see total sales for June and July in the worksheet's B1 cell.

The most basic example of a GETPIVOTDATA formula in Microsoft Excel is when the function is used to retrieve a grand total of ...

Microsoft Excel displays all cell references by default. When you click on a cell, its column and row references are highlighted in the worksheet's column and row headings.

Working with ranges in Excel is a fast and simple way to identify, define, or refer to a single cell, a range (or group) of cells, a specific or constant value, or a formula. Then you can use ...

If Excel is not highlighting cells in the formula, place the cursor in the cell containing the formula and press fn+f2. This should highlight all the cell references.

If you don’t highlight a cell reference, Excel will add the dollar sign only to the cell reference closest to your cursor. For this latest suggestion, thanks to Dan Olsen, who works for Utah’s ...