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.

By default, cell references in Microsoft Excel are relative. Remember that a cell reference is basically a cell address, like how you get to the cell (e.g., A2).

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 ...