How to Create a Formula That Spans Multiple Microsoft Excel Worksheets
See Microsoft Excel: Tips and Tricks for similar articles.Creating a formula that spans multiple Excel worksheets is easy. Just follow these steps.
This feature works the same in all modern versions of Microsoft Excel: 2010, 2013, and 2016.
- If you haven't named cells, do the following:
- Select the sheet and cell into which you wish to type the formula.
- Type "
=
". - Select the sheet that includes the data you will use in your formula.
- Select the cell that contains the data.
- Enter an operator (
+
,-
,*
,/
). - Either select another cell in that sheet or select another sheet and cell to complete the formula.
- If your formula contains named cells or ranges, do the following:
- Select the sheet and cell into which you wish to type the formula.
- Type "
=
". - Enter the formula using names.
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