Chapter 11. Circular references

Questions answered in this chapter:

Image I often get a circular-reference message from Excel. Does this mean I’ve made an error?

Image How can I resolve circular references?

When Microsoft Excel 2016 displays a message that your workbook contains a circular reference, it means there is a loop, or dependency, between two or more cells in a worksheet. For example, a circular reference occurs if the value in cell A1 influences the value in D3, the value in cell D3 influences the value in cell E6, and the value in cell E6 influences ...

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