Question about Copy/Paste functions

Kevin · 05-27-2006, 01:35 PM

I'm trying to copy and paste contents of a cell to another cell in order to
complete an entire column (about 300 rows).

The contents of the cell is a function which acts on data on two separate
worksheets.

I want the copy/paste to update some of the arguments of the function
(arguments that change with each row) but not other parts (arguments from the
second worksheet that don't change)

The problem is that everytime I paste the function, it wants to
automatically update ALL the arguments of the function.

What I'm trying to copy/paste:

=SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))

to then make rows like this:

=SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
=SUM(PRODUCT(E2,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F2,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G2,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H2,AH!B5))
=SUM(PRODUCT(E3,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F3,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G3,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H3,AH!B5))
=SUM(PRODUCT(E4,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F4,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G4,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H4,AH!B5))
=SUM(PRODUCT(E5,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F5,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G5,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H5,AH!B5))
.... etc ...

What I'm getting is:

=SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
=SUM(PRODUCT(E2,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F2,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G2,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H2,AH!B5))
=SUM(PRODUCT(E3,AH!B3),PRODUCT(F3,AH!B4),PRODUCT(G3,AH!B5),PRODUCT(H3,AH!B6))
=SUM(PRODUCT(E4,AH!B4),PRODUCT(F4,AH!B5),PRODUCT(G4,AH!B6),PRODUCT(H4,AH!B7))
=SUM(PRODUCT(E5,AH!B5),PRODUCT(F5,AH!B6),PRODUCT(G5,AH!B7),PRODUCT(H5,AH!B8))
.... etc ...

As you can see in the first example; I only want to update the first
argument in each PRODUCT(X,Y)... but what I'm getting is both being updated
which doesn't work for what I'm doing.

I've tried copying and pasting cell by cell, copying and pasting multiple
sells, using Edit->Fill ..., and Paste Special - and I can't seem to figure
this out other than to manually enter this for every single cell (which is
prohibitively too labour intensive because what I'm actually trying to do is
much more complicated than this example)

If this makes any sense, I'd appreciate your help

- Thanks! Kevin

**CaptainQuattro** · 05-27-2006, 01:44 PM

In the formula that you want to copy, insert a dollar sign before the row numbers and/or column letters that you want to remain constant before copying and pasting

tim m · 05-27-2006, 01:50 PM

If I catch your drift you want the B2, B3, B5 parts of the formula to remain
the same while copying down? If so use the absolute formula for those cells
in the original formula. (As in B2 should be $B$2 in the formula, B3 should
be $B$3, etc.) When you copy down the the 1st argument will progress down but
the second arguements will remain $B$2, $B$2 etc

"Kevin" wrote:

> I'm trying to copy and paste contents of a cell to another cell in order to
> complete an entire column (about 300 rows).
>
> The contents of the cell is a function which acts on data on two separate
> worksheets.
>
> I want the copy/paste to update some of the arguments of the function
> (arguments that change with each row) but not other parts (arguments from the
> second worksheet that don't change)
>
> The problem is that everytime I paste the function, it wants to
> automatically update ALL the arguments of the function.
>
> What I'm trying to copy/paste:
>
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
>
> to then make rows like this:
>
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E2,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F2,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G2,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H2,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E3,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F3,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G3,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H3,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E4,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F4,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G4,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H4,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E5,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F5,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G5,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H5,AH!B5))
> ... etc ...
>
> What I'm getting is:
>
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E2,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F2,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G2,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H2,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E3,AH!B3),PRODUCT(F3,AH!B4),PRODUCT(G3,AH!B5),PRODUCT(H3,AH!B6))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E4,AH!B4),PRODUCT(F4,AH!B5),PRODUCT(G4,AH!B6),PRODUCT(H4,AH!B7))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E5,AH!B5),PRODUCT(F5,AH!B6),PRODUCT(G5,AH!B7),PRODUCT(H5,AH!B8))
> ... etc ...
>
> As you can see in the first example; I only want to update the first
> argument in each PRODUCT(X,Y)... but what I'm getting is both being updated
> which doesn't work for what I'm doing.
>
> I've tried copying and pasting cell by cell, copying and pasting multiple
> sells, using Edit->Fill ..., and Paste Special - and I can't seem to figure
> this out other than to manually enter this for every single cell (which is
> prohibitively too labour intensive because what I'm actually trying to do is
> much more complicated than this example)
>
> If this makes any sense, I'd appreciate your help
>
> - Thanks! Kevin

excelent · 05-27-2006, 02:25 PM

=SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!$B$3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!$B$4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!$B$5))

"Kevin" skrev:

> I'm trying to copy and paste contents of a cell to another cell in order to
> complete an entire column (about 300 rows).
>
> The contents of the cell is a function which acts on data on two separate
> worksheets.
>
> I want the copy/paste to update some of the arguments of the function
> (arguments that change with each row) but not other parts (arguments from the
> second worksheet that don't change)
>
> The problem is that everytime I paste the function, it wants to
> automatically update ALL the arguments of the function.
>
> What I'm trying to copy/paste:
>
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
>
> to then make rows like this:
>
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E2,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F2,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G2,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H2,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E3,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F3,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G3,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H3,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E4,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F4,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G4,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H4,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E5,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F5,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G5,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H5,AH!B5))
> ... etc ...
>
> What I'm getting is:
>
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E2,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F2,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G2,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H2,AH!B5))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E3,AH!B3),PRODUCT(F3,AH!B4),PRODUCT(G3,AH!B5),PRODUCT(H3,AH!B6))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E4,AH!B4),PRODUCT(F4,AH!B5),PRODUCT(G4,AH!B6),PRODUCT(H4,AH!B7))
> =SUM(PRODUCT(E5,AH!B5),PRODUCT(F5,AH!B6),PRODUCT(G5,AH!B7),PRODUCT(H5,AH!B8))
> ... etc ...
>
> As you can see in the first example; I only want to update the first
> argument in each PRODUCT(X,Y)... but what I'm getting is both being updated
> which doesn't work for what I'm doing.
>
> I've tried copying and pasting cell by cell, copying and pasting multiple
> sells, using Edit->Fill ..., and Paste Special - and I can't seem to figure
> this out other than to manually enter this for every single cell (which is
> prohibitively too labour intensive because what I'm actually trying to do is
> much more complicated than this example)
>
> If this makes any sense, I'd appreciate your help
>
> - Thanks! Kevin

Kevin · 05-28-2006, 02:25 PM

ahh perfect - thanks!

"tim m" wrote:

> If I catch your drift you want the B2, B3, B5 parts of the formula to remain
> the same while copying down? If so use the absolute formula for those cells
> in the original formula. (As in B2 should be $B$2 in the formula, B3 should
> be $B$3, etc.) When you copy down the the 1st argument will progress down but
> the second arguements will remain $B$2, $B$2 etc
>
> "Kevin" wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to copy and paste contents of a cell to another cell in order to
> > complete an entire column (about 300 rows).
> >
> > The contents of the cell is a function which acts on data on two separate
> > worksheets.
> >
> > I want the copy/paste to update some of the arguments of the function
> > (arguments that change with each row) but not other parts (arguments from the
> > second worksheet that don't change)
> >
> > The problem is that everytime I paste the function, it wants to
> > automatically update ALL the arguments of the function.
> >
> > What I'm trying to copy/paste:
> >
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
> >
> > to then make rows like this:
> >
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E2,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F2,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G2,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H2,AH!B5))
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E3,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F3,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G3,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H3,AH!B5))
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E4,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F4,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G4,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H4,AH!B5))
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E5,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F5,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G5,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H5,AH!B5))
> > ... etc ...
> >
> > What I'm getting is:
> >
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E1,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F1,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G1,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H1,AH!B5))
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E2,AH!B2),PRODUCT(F2,AH!B3),PRODUCT(G2,AH!B4),PRODUCT(H2,AH!B5))
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E3,AH!B3),PRODUCT(F3,AH!B4),PRODUCT(G3,AH!B5),PRODUCT(H3,AH!B6))
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E4,AH!B4),PRODUCT(F4,AH!B5),PRODUCT(G4,AH!B6),PRODUCT(H4,AH!B7))
> > =SUM(PRODUCT(E5,AH!B5),PRODUCT(F5,AH!B6),PRODUCT(G5,AH!B7),PRODUCT(H5,AH!B8))
> > ... etc ...
> >
> > As you can see in the first example; I only want to update the first
> > argument in each PRODUCT(X,Y)... but what I'm getting is both being updated
> > which doesn't work for what I'm doing.
> >
> > I've tried copying and pasting cell by cell, copying and pasting multiple
> > sells, using Edit->Fill ..., and Paste Special - and I can't seem to figure
> > this out other than to manually enter this for every single cell (which is
> > prohibitively too labour intensive because what I'm actually trying to do is
> > much more complicated than this example)
> >
> > If this makes any sense, I'd appreciate your help
> >
> > - Thanks! Kevin