Select a single cell or a range of cells; use Ctrl to select several non-adjacent cells:
Click the Copy Address icon in the Utilities group on the Ablebits Tools tab:
The range reference is copied and can be pasted into any cell of your choice:
If you want to copy the address with its external and/or absolute reference, click on the little down arrow next to the add-in icon and select the option you need in the drop-down list:
To refer to the cell content from another workbook, select As External Reference in the list and paste the result to the needed place:
If you want a reference to stay fixed on a specific cell or range, copy the absolute reference address to clipboard by picking the As Absolute Reference option:
Choose to copy the range address As External and Absolute Reference to refer to exact cells and include Excel file and sheet names:
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Is there a utility to import a list of defined names (from an excel worksheet)with the name and reference area criteria?
Hello Fred,
Thank you for your question. For us to be able to help you better, please send us a small sample workbook with your source data and the result you expect to get to support@ablebits.com. I kindly ask you to shorten the table to 10-20 rows. We'll look into your task and see if our software can help.