Perfect Cearbhall, that's exactly what I needed. Many thanks indeed. On 18 Jan 2013, at 16:20, "Cearbhall O'Meadhra" <omeadhrac@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Donal, > > To show values in sheet 2 that are entered in a cell in sheet 1, you need to > set up a reference cell in sheet 2. Then when you put a value in the cell in > sheet 1 it will appear automatically in the cell in sheet 2 > > You can get help on this if you put the word "reference" in the help search > window. > > Let us say that you enter a grade for an assignment in column C in sheet 1 > and set column f in sheet 2 to show the value in sheet 1 for the same > person. For clarity let's take the person at row 3 in sheet 1 who appears in > row 6 in sheet 2. > The procedure is this: > In cell f6 in sheet2 type "=Sheet1!C3". > > When you sort sheet 2 by alpah and end up with a different sequence of > records, the relationship will remain intact and the correct grade will > still accompany the original name. > > I hope this is what you needed. > > All the best, > > > Cearbhall > > T: +353 (0)1 2864623 m: 08333 23487 E: omeadhrac@xxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dónal Fitzpatrick > Sent: 18 January 2013 14:40 > To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [vicsireland] Any advanced EXCEL users on this list? > > Hi all, > > This is a tricky one. I have an Excel 2010 workbook with two sheets. they > both contain the same data but each is sorted differently. the first by an > ID for assignment groups, the second alphabetically. > > What I want to do is to enter a grade for an assignment in sheet 1, and have > the appropriate cell in sheet 2 updated. I'm sure it's possible to do this > I just don't know how. > > Any help appreciated. > > Dónal > Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, > School of Computing, > Dublin City University, > Glasnevin, > Dublin 9, Ireland > Tel. +353-(0)1-700-8929 > fax: +353-(0)1-700-5442 > email: dfitzpat (at) computing.dcu.ie > > Email Disclaimer > "This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are > intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender and delete the message. Any views or opinions presented in this > e-mail may solely be the views of the author and cannot be relied upon as > being those of Dublin City University. E-mail communications such as this > cannot be guaranteed to be virus-free, timely, secure or error-free and > Dublin City University does not accept liability for any such matters or > their consequences. Please consider the environment before printing this > e-mail." > > > > > ==================== > The vicsireland mailing list > > To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: > > vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the > message. > > To contact the moderator send mail to: > > tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx > > For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: > > http://www.vicsireland.org > > =========================================================== > The vicsireland mailing list > > To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: > > vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. > > To contact the moderator send mail to: > > tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx > > For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: > > http://www.vicsireland.org Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland Tel. +353-(0)1-700-8929 fax: +353-(0)1-700-5442 email: dfitzpat (at) computing.dcu.ie Email Disclaimer "This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the message. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail may solely be the views of the author and cannot be relied upon as being those of Dublin City University. E-mail communications such as this cannot be guaranteed to be virus-free, timely, secure or error-free and Dublin City University does not accept liability for any such matters or their consequences. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail." ==========================================================The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org