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    date/text formula which propagates on drag

    Hello All,

    I am using Excel 2003 (or Excel 2007 if needed) and have the following problem, which I can not find an answer to.

    The template will start with 'Day 01' in cell A1. If I have been given the date, I will change cell A1 to the date, but want to the other cells in column A to change automatically based on the contents of cell A1.

    In Cell 'A1' default is 'Day 01' or I may change it to actual date '31-02-13'

    In Cell A2, I want to show either 'Day 02', or the date '01-03-13'.

    If I enter =SUM(A1)+1, cell A2 will display as 01-01-00, digits (or some other format(. I have tried various formats but it doesn't work.

    Secondly, I tried the following IF statement in Cell A2:
    =IF(A1="Day 01","Day 02",(A1+1))

    The problem is, when I drag that function into cell A3, the function is
    =IF(A2="Day 01","Day 02",(A2+1)) - the two bits in quotes are not incremental.

    Any ideas what kind of formula I can use to solve my little problem?

    Thanks!
    Andy
    Last edited by yesmaybe; 11-08-2012 at 01:54 AM. Reason: solved

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