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("equivalency") COPY of data in spreadsheet to new sheet?

i am having a bit of an issue figuring out how to finalize a spreadsheet. i have a spreadsheet that is about 20 Columns wide and 800 or so Rows long. The Rows are divided up into 18 or so SECTIONS.


i also have a set of TOTALS that summarize the various sections at the BOTTOM so this area is about the size of an 8 x 11 inch sheet and represents what i will be sending out. however, i also have a set of totals on the RIGHT that itemize everything horizontally.


everything obviously is tied into everything else on this sheet and i would not like to COPY the results of the 8 x 11 inch sheet area at the bottom to another /sheet/ so that i can reformat this slightly but also so i can add some "percentage completion" calculations. i would also like to COPY the results on the RIGHT to another sheet so that i can DELETE some of the rows that do not have information in them for this particular project but in a way that will retain the original data. basically this is a template and i want to retain the template but i still have to condense everything down so that it will fit on a page.


for some reason i am not having a very easy time figuring out how to do this.


is there a way to do some kind of "equivalency copy" so that i tell number to copy exactly what i have to another sheet - so that it will update when the original sheet is changed and so that i can edit the "equivalent copy"?


i cannot imagine doing this cell by cell by cell and the spreadsheet is so large at this point i am not sure how keeping it all on the same sheet is going to be manageable.


TIA

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 4, 2013 9:27 AM

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Posted on Nov 4, 2013 9:45 AM

HW,


The best way is to divide and conquer. Those 18 Sections would be easier to manage if they were 18 Tables. It's easy to pull a table apart into sub-tables.


Jerry

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Nov 6, 2013 2:50 PM in response to Wayne Contello

hi wayne. here is the original content.


if there is something unclear please let me know.


if in fact you think this is not possible to do in numbers this would be good to know as well. if you think i am doing something wrong in attempting it, it would be great to get some help doing it right.


thanks


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("equivalency") COPY of data in spreadsheet to new sheet?

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