How to Link Multiple Cells in Excel – 4 Methods

Method 1 – Connect Two Single Cells of Different Sheets in Excel

1.1 Using a Mouse Click to Link Cells in the Same Sheet

Step 1:

• In D11, you want to get the name of the employee whose salary is $1000. Go to D11.
• Enter an equal (=) sign, move the cursor to B5.

B5 contains the name of the employee whose salary is $1000.

Step 2:

• Press Enter.

1.2 Use the Paste Special Shortcut to Link Cells in the Same Sheet

Step 1:

• Go B5 and press Ctrl+C to copy the cell.

Step 2:

• Go to D11.
• Press Ctrl+Alt+V to paste.

Step 3:

• In the Paste Special window, choose Paste Link.

B5 and D11 are linked. If you modify B5 it will reflect on D11.

Read More: How to Link Two Cells in Excel

Method 2 – Linking Multiple Cells from Different Sheets

There are two sheets Sheet1 and Sheet2. In Sheet2, link the cells of the Salary column in Sheet1.

Step 1:

• Go to C5 in Sheet2.
• Enter an equal (=) sign.
• Click Sheet1.

Step 2:

• Select D5:D9 and press Enter.

Go to Sheet2.

The Salary column of Sheet1 and Sheet2 are linked.

Read More: How to Link Cells in Same Excel Worksheet

Example 3 – Linking Cells from Different Sheets as Cell Reference in a Formula

There are two sheets Sheet1 and Sheet3. To get the total cost in Sheet3 using the SUM function and the salary column in Sheet1:

Step 1:

• Go to D4 in Sheet3.
• Enter an equal(=) sign and the SUM function.
• Select Sheet1.

Step 2:

• Select D5:D9 and close the formula in brackets.

Step 3:

• Press Enter.

Example 4 – Linking Cells from Different Excel Workbooks

There are two Excel files Link Multiple Cells in Excel and Linked Excel File. Link the 1st file to the 2nd file using a function.

Step 1:

• Go to D4 in Linked Excel File. Enter an equal sign and the SUM function.
• Choose D5:D9 in Link Multiple Cells in Excel.

Step 2:

• Press Enter.

The files are linked based on cells.

Read More: How to Link Multiple Cells from Another Worksheet in Excel

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