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05.07.2008 at 05:24AM PDT, ID: 23382471
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Reference to an external sheet for data

Asked by Sylvania in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software

Tags: Microsoft, Excel, 2002

I have an Excel file that is refering to data from another Excel file:
=SUMIF('C:\[Example.xls]Sheet1'!$B$1:$D$999,"=1")
The formula works when the external file is open, but when the file is closed, it shows "#VALUE!".  It is NOT practical.  How can I refer to an external file with a formula even when the refered file is closed? I'm sure it can be done; I'm pretty sure I did it in the past, but I don't know what I'm doing differently now.

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