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2) Now, click on the sheet tab for the sheet containing the cell to be referenced. In this case,
that is the Checking Account sheet as shown in Figure 254.
Figure 254: Click on the checking account tab
3) Click on cell F3 (where the balance is) in the Checking Account sheet. The phrase
'Checking Account'.F3 should appear in the input line as in Figure 255 and the
selected cell is bordered in red.
Figure 255: Cell reference selected
4) Click the green checkmark in the input line, or press the keyboard Enter key to finish.
5) The Summary sheet should now look like Figure 256.
Figure 256: Finished checking account reference
Creating the reference with the keyboard
From Figure 256, you can deduce how the cell reference is constructed. The reference has two
parts: the sheet name (‘Checking Account’) and the cell reference (F3). Notice that they are
separated by a period.
Note
The sheet name is in single quotes because it contains a space, and the mandatory
period (.) always falls outside any quotes.
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