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Reply Wed 22 Apr 2009, 15:59Delegate Elizabeth said...
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When would you be likely to use the "OFFSET" function? What is it best used for?
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Hi Elizabeth
In Excel, the Offset function returns a reference to a range that is offset a number of rows and columns from another range or cell. You use it to look for values in cells based on their distance and coordinates from a preset cell or range.
The syntax for the Offset function is:
Offset( range, rows, columns, height, width)
range is the starting range from which the offset will be applied.
rows is the number of rows to apply as the offset to the range. This can be a positive or negative number.
columns is the number of columns to apply as the offset to the range. This can be a positive or negative number.
height is the number of rows that you want the returned range to be.
width is the number of columns that you want the returned range to be.
An Example of this would be:
If in Range C2 you had the figure
Wed 29 Apr 2009: Automatically marked as resolved.
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