Question

I have two documents that should share a numeric value that should also increase by one after each time one of the documents are used.

For example:

• I open docA.xls and it should say 001.
• I’d like to be able to change it to 002 and save.
• When I open docB.xls, it should say 002, because docA’s value is 002.

I’m pretty sure I can create a third spreadsheet that I could update to update the two cell values, but I’m wondering if there is a way to link cells other

1. than having a formula that reads =A1.
2. I realize I could have one workbook with three spreadsheets, as well.

But what is the best way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

One workbook w/ 3 spreadsheets would be the most straight-forward; you can specify which spreadsheet in a cell reference, so both sheets could explicitly refer to the same cell. And if you don’t like explicitly using the row/col reference, you could always assign it a name and use that.