BTW. Vista is an operating system, not an excel version.. And, look in the
help index for ABSOLUTE

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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"John" wrote in message
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Hi
Try it this way =$B$1+$B$2
HTH
John
"sjwillow" wrote in message
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Hello,

Does anyone know why the "$" command will not work in formulas when
running
VISTA? Does anyone have a solution?

A simple version of my problem is:

=$b1+$b2

When you drag down the formula in a column, it will continue to auto fill
with the next number despite the stop function "$" and will look like:

=$b2+$b3
=$b3+$b4
and so on


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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