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8) There are three referencing techniques in libre office calc. Name them. Explain relative referencing.​

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 Relative and Absolute Reference

Relative and Absolute Reference

There are two types of cell references: relative and absolute. Relative and absolute references behave differently when copied and filled to other cells or when using the autofill feature of Calc.

Relative references change when a formula is copied to another cell.

Absolute references, remain constant no matter where they are copied.

Relative references

By default, all cell references are relative references. When copied across multiple cells, they change based on the relative position of rows and columns. For example, if you copy the formula =A1+B1 from row 1 to row 2, the formula will become =A2+B2. Relative references are especially convenient whenever you need to repeat the same calculation across multiple rows or columns.



Absolute references

There are occasions when you don't want a cell reference to change when copied to other cells. Unlike relative references, absolute references do not change when copied or filled. You can use an absolute reference to keep a row and/or column constant.

To create an absolute reference in a formula we add the dollar sign ($) before the column reference, the row reference, or both.