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Old 11-24-2010, 01:46 PM
nfphilpot nfphilpot is offline 'AVERAGE' Formula Windows XP 'AVERAGE' Formula Office 2007
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I am trying to get an average of a single/same cell in several tabs.



I have attached a simple example.

I want to have around 50 tabs so the formula will just look stupid if its laid out like this

=AVERAGE(Sheet1!B3,Sheet2!B3,Sheet3!B3,Sheet4!B3,S heet5!B3)

Can I reduce it?

Many thanks

Nic
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Old 11-24-2010, 02:04 PM
nfphilpot nfphilpot is offline 'AVERAGE' Formula Windows XP 'AVERAGE' Formula Office 2007
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A bit by-the-by but if it makes any difference...the tabs will read:

Tax wk 1, Tax wk 2, Tax wk 3 etc etc, to 52

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Old 11-24-2010, 02:15 PM
Kimberly Kimberly is offline 'AVERAGE' Formula Windows 7 'AVERAGE' Formula Office 2010 (Version 14.0)
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In the cell where the formula should live:
  1. Type =average(
  2. Click on the first tab that should be included in the formula
  3. Click on cell B3
  4. Hold down shift and click on the last tab that should be included in the formula
  5. Let go of shift
  6. Press Enter
The formula will resemble:
=AVERAGE('Tax wk 1:Tax wk 52'!B3)

FYI, Your life will get easier if you will resist the urge to divide data up onto multiple sheets unnecessarily. This is called horizontal partitioning and it leads to trouble.
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Old 11-24-2010, 02:19 PM
nfphilpot nfphilpot is offline 'AVERAGE' Formula Windows XP 'AVERAGE' Formula Office 2007
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Thanks for the post, simple when you know how.

and thanks for the tip too, will do my best. At least I'm not working in days

Thanks

Nic
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