Excel uses relative (A2), absolute ($A$2), and mixed ($A2) cell references.
Relative cell references and some mixed cell references will change when a formula is copied.
relative cell address
It contains relative cell references.
It would be a formula that includes absolute references in cells. When such a formula is copied, those cell references will not change. An absolute cell reference includes cell references with two dollar signs in them, like: $A$2.
There are several functions of Excel that do not work with 3D formulas. These include cell references and range formula.
You can do this using relative reference.
A formula.
Their formatting. You can set many different formats for cells, like different number types or different fonts or different colours for the cell or the contents.
Excel 2007 = XFD32 (16,385 total columns) Excel 2003 and earlier = IV32 (256 total columns)
There are 3 types of cell addressing or cell referencing mechanisms in Excel. They are relative, mixed and absolute.
References to cells in other workbooks are called links. The A1 reference style The difference between relative and absolute references The 3-D reference style The R1C1 reference style
Cell references are relative references initially, but you can directly type them in as mixed or absolute, so unless you are clicking on a cell or moving to a cell as you type the formula, it is not completely true to say that there is a default reference. There are also a lot of functions that do not use cell references at all.