Relative & Absolute reference

Task 1 Populate data from cell A1 to A10 numbers from 1 to 10 in ascending order. In cell B1 enter =A1. Now auto fill values B2 to B10 by pointing your cursor to the bottom right corner of cell B1 and drag all the way to B10. By doing this numbers will appear as in A1 to A10

This is know as Relative reference , where it copies the exact value relative to that particular cell.

Absolute reference Download the absolute reference.xlsx from my website. Before we get into it lets see some of our basic skills. The data that is displayed should be formatted so that it is readable Check the next slide.

Basic formatting As an example above try applying some of the formatting techniques so that it looks like the above picture

Task The task is to calculate the VAT of each item automatically. For this lets look at another example of how absolute reference works. Click on the below link for the example. (right click – open hyperlink) http://www.teach- ict.net/software/excel/formulas/absolute.htm

Check the video and then lets get back to calculating the VAT. If in doubt call for help