A little awkward but try
=sum(offset(indirect("'"&A3&"'!$C$6"),0,0,42)

"tony h" wrote:

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> I have a workbook with a Summary sheet and then a series of sheets for
> each month/year. Onthe summary sheet I use column A for the month/year
> as a date formatted "mmm yy" ie the same as the sheet names.
>
> in columns B,C,D I want formulae that sums or averages a fixed range
> on each sheet but I would like the formula to take the sheet name from
> Columa A rather than hard coding it.
>
> So that in the example =SUM('Dec 04'!$C$6:$C$47) I want to take the
> "Dec 04" from the text in cell A3
>
> Many thanks,
>
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