Linking
Hi there, What would be the best way to draw information from differen spreadsheets into a central main spreadsheet? I would like the centra spreadsheet to be linked to all of the worksheets held in the separat spreadsheets so that it will hold up-to-date versions of all worksheet in all spreadsheets. Many thanks And -- andyp16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- andyp161's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=1165 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=26157
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Hi you might like to check out the Data Consolidation feature - Data / Consolidate from the menu - check it out in Help. Cheers JulieD "andyp161" <andyp161.1cvvvy@excelforum-nospam.com> wrote in message news:andyp161.1cvvvy@excelforum-nospam.com... > > Hi there, > > What would be the best way to draw information from different > spreadsheets into a central main spreadsheet? I would like the central > spreadsheet to be linked to all of the worksheets held in the separate > spreadsheets so that it will hold up-to-date versions of all worksheets > in all spreadsheets. > > Many thanks > > Andy > > > -- > andyp161 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > andyp161's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=11654 > View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=261579 >
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