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Got any Excel Questions? Free Excel Help Convert Formulas from Relative to Absolute. Convert Formulas from Absolute to Relative References
The Excel macro code below
can be used to convert all Excel formulas from absolute to relative
and/or relative to absolute. It can also give a mix of relative row,
absolute column reference, or absolute row, relative column reference.
Simply select the cells that should be changed, run the code and
choose the reference type you want. There are 2 Excel macros below,
the first is the fastest but can cause issues with mega formulas
and/or array formulas
. The second is
slower, but less likely to
cause issues. Thanks to
Andy Pope
. As with any code, save you Workbook BEFORE running
the
code.
TIP: You can toggle through the 4 reference types a
formula can use by selecting the cell housing the formula, then click in
Formula Bar, then
the reference part (e.g A1, $A$1 etc) and push F4. Each push of
F4 will
toggle the reference type.
If you are not familiar with running Excel macro code, follow the
steps below;
1) Go to the Visual Basic Editor, Tools>Macro>Visual
Basic Editor (Alt+F11).
2) Insert a standard Module,
Insert>Module.
3) Copy the code and paste directly in the Module just added.
4) Go back to Excel proper, click the top right X, or push Alt+Q
and save!
5) Save you Workbook. Select your range of cells to run the code
on.
6) Run the macro, go to Tools>Macro>Macros (Alt+F8)
select the macro name and click "Run".
Sub MakeAbsoluteorRelativeFast()
'Written by OzGrid Business Applications
'www.ozgrid.com
Dim RdoRange As Range
Dim i As Integer
Dim Reply As String
'Ask whether Relative or Absolute
Reply = InputBox("Change formulas to?" & Chr(13) & Chr(13) _
& "Relative row/Absolute column = 1" & Chr(13) _
& "Absolute row/Relative column = 2" & Chr(13) _
& "Absolute all = 3" & Chr(13) _
& "Relative all = 4", "OzGrid Business Applications")
'They cancelled
If Reply = "" Then Exit Sub
On Error Resume Next
'Set Range variable to formula cells only
Set RdoRange = Selection.SpecialCells(Type:=xlFormulas)
'determine the change type
Select Case Reply
Case 1 'Relative row/Absolute column
For i = 1 To RdoRange.Areas.Count
RdoRange.Areas(i).Formula = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=RdoRange.Areas(i).Formula, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlRelRowAbsColumn)
Next i
Case 2 'Absolute row/Relative column
For i = 1 To RdoRange.Areas.Count
RdoRange.Areas(i).Formula = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=RdoRange.Areas(i).Formula, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlAbsRowRelColumn)
Next i
Case 3 'Absolute all
For i = 1 To RdoRange.Areas.Count
RdoRange.Areas(i).Formula = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=RdoRange.Areas(i).Formula, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlAbsolute)
Next i
Case 4 'Relative all
For i = 1 To RdoRange.Areas.Count
RdoRange.Areas(i).Formula = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=RdoRange.Areas(i).Formula, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlRelative)
Next i
Case Else 'Typo
MsgBox "Change type not recognised!", vbCritical, _
"OzGrid Business Applications"
End Select
'Clear memory
Set RdoRange = Nothing
End SubSub MakeAbsoluteorRelativeSlow()
'Written for www.ozgrid.com
'By Andy Pope
'www.andypope.info/
Dim RdoRange As Range, rCell As Range
Dim i As Integer
Dim Reply As String
'Ask whether Relative or Absolute
Reply = InputBox("Change formulas to?" & Chr(13) & Chr(13) _
& "Relative row/Absolute column = 1" & Chr(13) _
& "Absolute row/Relative column = 2" & Chr(13) _
& "Absolute all = 3" & Chr(13) _
& "Relative all = 4", "OzGrid Business Applications")
'They cancelled
If Reply = "" Then Exit Sub
On Error Resume Next
'Set Range variable to formula cells only
Set RdoRange = Selection.SpecialCells(Type:=xlFormulas)
'determine the change type
Select Case Reply
Case 1 'Relative row/Absolute column
For Each rCell In RdoRange
If rCell.HasArray Then
If Len(rCell.FormulaArray) < 255 Then
rCell.FormulaArray = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=rCell.FormulaArray, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlRelRowAbsColumn)
End If
Else
If Len(rCell.Formula) < 255 Then
rCell.Formula = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=rCell.Formula, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlRelRowAbsColumn)
End If
End If
Next rCell
Case 2 'Absolute row/Relative column
For Each rCell In RdoRange
If rCell.HasArray Then
If Len(rCell.FormulaArray) < 255 Then
rCell.FormulaArray = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=rCell.FormulaArray, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlAbsRowRelColumn)
End If
Else
If Len(rCell.Formula) < 255 Then
rCell.Formula = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=rCell.Formula, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlAbsRowRelColumn)
End If
End If
Next rCell
Case 3 'Absolute all
For Each rCell In RdoRange
If rCell.HasArray Then
If Len(rCell.FormulaArray) < 255 Then
rCell.FormulaArray = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=rCell.FormulaArray, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlAbsolute)
End If
Else
If Len(rCell.Formula) < 255 Then
rCell.Formula = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=rCell.Formula, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlAbsolute)
End If
End If
Next rCell
Case 4 'Relative all
For Each rCell In RdoRange
If rCell.HasArray Then
If Len(rCell.FormulaArray) < 255 Then
rCell.FormulaArray = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=rCell.FormulaArray, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlRelative)
End If
Else
If Len(rCell.Formula) < 255 Then
rCell.Formula = _
Application.ConvertFormula _
(Formula:=rCell.Formula, _
FromReferenceStyle:=xlA1, _
ToReferenceStyle:=xlA1, ToAbsolute:=xlRelative)
End If
End If
Next rCell
Case Else 'Typo
MsgBox "Change type not recognised!", vbCritical, _
"OzGrid Business Applications"
End Select
'Clear memory
Set RdoRange = Nothing
End Sub
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