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I am working in Google sheets which is the same as the excel program.



How do you make it so that when one cell is changed in a column all of the cells in that column are also changed so that they all contain the same value entered?










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  • Just make the cell content a reference to the source cell. If A1 is what will change, make the other cells: =A1 To enter the formula once and copy it, anchor it: =$A$1. Are you sure you couldn't find this with a search?
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  • There is no need to move this question to web apps
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  • @Andria, BTW, Google Sheets is very similar to Excel, but not identical. The safe approach is to ask Google questions on Web Apps. What sometimes happens is a question is posted as Excel when the OP is actually using Sheets or LO Calc or something else. It turns out not to behave exactly the same, and everybody wastes a lot of time figuring out why nobody can replicate the other person's results. It's unfair to answerers.
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I am working in Google sheets which is the same as the excel program.



How do you make it so that when one cell is changed in a column all of the cells in that column are also changed so that they all contain the same value entered?










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  • Just make the cell content a reference to the source cell. If A1 is what will change, make the other cells: =A1 To enter the formula once and copy it, anchor it: =$A$1. Are you sure you couldn't find this with a search?
    – fixer1234
    Nov 29 at 0:49












  • There is no need to move this question to web apps
    – PeterH
    Nov 29 at 15:09










  • @Andria, BTW, Google Sheets is very similar to Excel, but not identical. The safe approach is to ask Google questions on Web Apps. What sometimes happens is a question is posted as Excel when the OP is actually using Sheets or LO Calc or something else. It turns out not to behave exactly the same, and everybody wastes a lot of time figuring out why nobody can replicate the other person's results. It's unfair to answerers.
    – fixer1234
    Nov 29 at 19:38













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I am working in Google sheets which is the same as the excel program.



How do you make it so that when one cell is changed in a column all of the cells in that column are also changed so that they all contain the same value entered?










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How do you make it so that when one cell is changed in a column all of the cells in that column are also changed so that they all contain the same value entered?







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  • Just make the cell content a reference to the source cell. If A1 is what will change, make the other cells: =A1 To enter the formula once and copy it, anchor it: =$A$1. Are you sure you couldn't find this with a search?
    – fixer1234
    Nov 29 at 0:49












  • There is no need to move this question to web apps
    – PeterH
    Nov 29 at 15:09










  • @Andria, BTW, Google Sheets is very similar to Excel, but not identical. The safe approach is to ask Google questions on Web Apps. What sometimes happens is a question is posted as Excel when the OP is actually using Sheets or LO Calc or something else. It turns out not to behave exactly the same, and everybody wastes a lot of time figuring out why nobody can replicate the other person's results. It's unfair to answerers.
    – fixer1234
    Nov 29 at 19:38


















  • Just make the cell content a reference to the source cell. If A1 is what will change, make the other cells: =A1 To enter the formula once and copy it, anchor it: =$A$1. Are you sure you couldn't find this with a search?
    – fixer1234
    Nov 29 at 0:49












  • There is no need to move this question to web apps
    – PeterH
    Nov 29 at 15:09










  • @Andria, BTW, Google Sheets is very similar to Excel, but not identical. The safe approach is to ask Google questions on Web Apps. What sometimes happens is a question is posted as Excel when the OP is actually using Sheets or LO Calc or something else. It turns out not to behave exactly the same, and everybody wastes a lot of time figuring out why nobody can replicate the other person's results. It's unfair to answerers.
    – fixer1234
    Nov 29 at 19:38
















Just make the cell content a reference to the source cell. If A1 is what will change, make the other cells: =A1 To enter the formula once and copy it, anchor it: =$A$1. Are you sure you couldn't find this with a search?
– fixer1234
Nov 29 at 0:49






Just make the cell content a reference to the source cell. If A1 is what will change, make the other cells: =A1 To enter the formula once and copy it, anchor it: =$A$1. Are you sure you couldn't find this with a search?
– fixer1234
Nov 29 at 0:49














There is no need to move this question to web apps
– PeterH
Nov 29 at 15:09




There is no need to move this question to web apps
– PeterH
Nov 29 at 15:09












@Andria, BTW, Google Sheets is very similar to Excel, but not identical. The safe approach is to ask Google questions on Web Apps. What sometimes happens is a question is posted as Excel when the OP is actually using Sheets or LO Calc or something else. It turns out not to behave exactly the same, and everybody wastes a lot of time figuring out why nobody can replicate the other person's results. It's unfair to answerers.
– fixer1234
Nov 29 at 19:38




@Andria, BTW, Google Sheets is very similar to Excel, but not identical. The safe approach is to ask Google questions on Web Apps. What sometimes happens is a question is posted as Excel when the OP is actually using Sheets or LO Calc or something else. It turns out not to behave exactly the same, and everybody wastes a lot of time figuring out why nobody can replicate the other person's results. It's unfair to answerers.
– fixer1234
Nov 29 at 19:38















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