How to reference a specific cell value from previous worksheet when creating a copy in Excel? For example, when creating a copy of Sheet2, you may want to automatically reference cell A1 of Sheet2 into the new copied worksheet (says Sheet3). How to achieve it? This article will help you.
Use/reference value from previous worksheet with User-defined function
Use/reference value from previous worksheet with Kutools for Excel
To be honest, no method can automatically reference certain cell value when creating a copy of a worksheet. Actually, you can create a new sheet and then reference the cell value from previous worksheet with the following user-defined function.
1. After creating a new blank worksheet (says Sheet3), please press Alt + F11 keys at the same time to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, click Insert > Module. Then copy and paste the following VBA code into the Code window.
VBA: Use/reference value from previous worksheet in Excel
Function PrevSheet(RCell As Range)
Dim xIndex As Long
Application.Volatile
xIndex = RCell.Worksheet.Index
If xIndex > 1 Then _
PrevSheet = Worksheets(xIndex - 1).Range(RCell.Address)
End Function
3. Press the Alt + Q keys simultaneously to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
4. Select a blank cell of Sheet3 (says A1), enter formula =PrevSheet(A1) into the Formula Bar and then press the Enter key.
Now you will get the A1 cell value of previous worksheet (Sheet2) in current worksheet.
Note: The code will auto identify the worksheet which belongs to the previous one of current worksheet.
With the Dynamically Refer to Worksheets utility of Kutools for Excel, you can easily use or reference value from previous worksheet in Excel.
Before applying Kutools for Excel, please download and install it firstly.
1. If you want to reference value of cell A1 from previous worksheet to current worksheet, please select cell A1 in current worksheet and then click Kutools > More > Dynamically Refer to Worksheets. See screenshot:
2. In the Fill Worksheets References dialog box, only check the previous worksheet name in the Worksheet list box, and then click the Fill Range button.
Then you can see the value of cell A1 in previous worksheet is referenced in current worksheet.
Note: With this utility, you can reference the same cell value from different worksheets into current worksheet at once.
If you want to have a free trial ( 30-day) of this utility, please click to download it, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.
