

When you open the destination spreadsheet, you may get a security warning that "Automatic update of links has been disabled" as shown in the image below. We recommend locking the cells and protecting the worksheet. When you have formulas in spreadsheets, it is important to protect them from accidental deletion. Protect the Link Formulas in Your Spreadsheets

If you have multiple formulas to enter, open a Notepad file, type the formula, and copy, paste, and modify. ✦ Manually Write Formulas - Method 3 ✦Įntering formulas manually is not difficult: equal sign, sheet name, exclamation mark, and cell reference: =SheetName !CellReference. * Copy methods: 1) keyboard shortcut Ctrl + C, 2) right-click menu, 3) copy button on the ribbon's Home tab.

In the destination sheet, click the cell where you want the link formula, and click Paste ⇒ Paste Link on the Home tab - see figure 3.As in the example above, we are bringing in the value of cell B6 from the Paris worksheet. In the source worksheet, copy* the data to be linked.Copy from the source worksheet and Paste Link in the destination sheet.
