Referencing Data Stored in Other Worksheets
When you are referencing data held in other worksheets (separate spreadsheet document files), OpenOffice.org Calc needs some additional information to locate external files.
When you reference cell B2 located on sheet California in worksheet USA, you need to type
='USA.ods'#$California.B2
The .ods suffix is used to complete the name of a worksheet created using OpenOffice.org Calc 3.1; other spreadsheets use different suffixes or no suffixes at all and you will have to adjust your references accordingly.
The pound sign (#) and the dollar sign ($) in front of the name of the sheet are obligatory. They have no relation to absolute and relative addressing, although you can use both types of addressing ...
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