Comments on: MS – Excel Question http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-excel-question/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: mks3rd http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-excel-question/#comment-43773 mks3rd Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:51:18 +0000 #comment-43773 =mouseclick in the first cell that has the value you want, enter the type of calculation,(plus, minus, *, /, etc) mouseclick on the second portion of the equation, hit enter when you have entered the the cells you want to have associated with thie equation. For order of ops enclose what is needed in quotes ()

]]> By: calderdown http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-excel-question/#comment-43774 calderdown Thu, 10 Mar 2005 04:41:36 +0000 #comment-43774 On a slightly different tack – obviously the formulae work; but rather than use worksheet and cell references it might be advisable to define names for the cells involved – so that if the source of any of the operands eg (A29) were to change to (A30) then it would have no affect on the actual formulae.

]]> By: dmcdconsult http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-excel-question/#comment-43775 dmcdconsult Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:22:11 +0000 #comment-43775 I believe problemsolver had the right idea but based on your question I think you may want this:

=IF(ISBLANK(A5),”",(D5*Sheet2!A9))

Plain English:
IF cell A5 is blank, the result is blank. If cell A5 isn’t blank, then multiply D5 by cell A9 on Sheet2.

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