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What is the difference between an absolute and relative cell reference in MS Excel?

April 26, 2017CELL Excel MS Reference relative

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What is the difference between an absolute and relative cell reference in MS Excel?

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An absolute cell reference refers to a particular, named cell, like C1, or A3. A relative cell reference refers to a cell a certain number of cells away. For example, 3 cells down and 1 cell to the right of the cell with the formula.