Why do some of my Formulas Copy and Paste into New Cells but others keep the Original Cell References not the New Ones?

I am copying tables and pasting them in the same sheet in new locations but some of the formulas carry over and give new Columns references as expected but others don't? I have to manually bring the formulas over to the new cells location?


Thanks for any ideas.


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Posted on Apr 22, 2023 4:13 AM

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Apr 22, 2023 4:45 AM in response to Bardonicloud

$ anchors aren't evenly written in the code.


To respect a new Column past, the original cell needs a reference like $A1.

To respect being pasted further down the same Column the Row needs anchoring so it's A$1.


The error was caused because I left the "$" anchor (respecting) Columns in the top left table that was the original source for all further 18 tables (6 x 3) pasted into the sheet because I pasted the first copied table further down the columns and to convert the code back to respect Rows so I could then paste to the right of the first top left table.


Basically $A1 and you can paste vertically below the table and A$1 and you can paste it horizontally.

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