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For example, if the value in Cell A1 is to be obtained by adding 5 to the value in Cell B1, and the value in Cell B1 is to be obtained by adding 3 to the value in Cell A1, no values can be computed. (Even if the specifications are A1:=B1+5 and B1:=A1-5, there is still a circular reference.
=A1 A cell on a different sheet of the same spreadsheet is usually addressed as: =SHEET2!A1 (that is; the first cell in sheet 2 of the same spreadsheet). Some spreadsheet implementations in Excel allow cell references to another spreadsheet (not the currently open and active file) on the same computer or a local network.
1979, VisiCalc for Apple II with 32K RAM, the first widely used normal spreadsheet with A1 notation etc. 1980, SuperCalc for CP/M-80 operating system, included with early Osborne computers. 1982, ZX81 Memocalc, for low cost ~$100 personal computer with 16K RAM expansion, launched by Memotech in April 1982.
The number in cell B2 is not "the number of cars sold in January", but simply "the value in cell B2". The formula for calculating the average is based on the manipulation of the cells, in the form =C2/B2. As the spreadsheet is unaware of the user's desire for D to be an output column, the user copies that formula into all of the cells in D.
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Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and iPadOS.It features calculation or computation capabilities, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
row reference G defines shared value D defines shared expression S references shared value or shared expression N If present, the cell is not protected. If absent and ;N is present in the ID record, cell is protected. P If present, cell is protected. If absent and ;N is absent in the ID record, cell is not protected. H If present, cell is hidden.
Multiplan floppy disk for Macintosh. Multiplan is a spreadsheet program developed by Microsoft and introduced in 1982 as a competitor to VisiCalc.. Multiplan was released first for computers running CP/M; it was developed using a Microsoft proprietary p-code C compiler [1] as part of a portability strategy that facilitated ports to systems such as MS-DOS, Xenix, Commodore 64 and 128, TI-99/4A ...