Format Formula to not change in Table

[JGSmith]

Hello

I am having a problem with what appears to be a type of Absolute vs. Relative references - but I am not too sure.

Using Excel 2016 I have created two tables.

Table 2 is a Summary of Table 1.

Table 1:

[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Fiscal Period[/TD]
[TD]2006[/TD]
[TD]2007[/TD]
[TD]2008[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Book Value[/TD]
[TD]1.668[/TD]
[TD]2.380[/TD]
[TD]3.596[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Book Value Growth[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]42.69%[/TD]
[TD]51.09%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Equity[/TD]
[TD].324[/TD]
[TD].561[/TD]
[TD].969[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Equity Growth[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]73.15%[/TD]
[TD]72.73%[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Table 2:
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]E[/TD]
[TD]F[/TD]
[TD]G[/TD]
[TD]H[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]10 Years[/TD]
[TD]7 Years[/TD]
[TD]5 Years[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Book Rate[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Equity Rate[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

In G2, for example, I wrote

=rate(2,,-B2,D2)

That comes up with the proper calculation.
The problem is that when I do this, the rest of the cells in table 2 are automatically populated.

For example, in G3 it is automatically populated with:

=rate(2,,-B3,D3)

The problem is that I want it to reference B4 and D4. When I attempt to change that cell to reference the correct cells, then it automatically changes how G2 is referenced.

Obviously standard $ signs will not work here to keep it from populating how it wishes.

Can somebody please let me know how to format this formula so that it does not auto populate elsewhere in the table?

Thank you very much for your time and help!

Jason

 

[Marcelo Branco]

Maybe...
Not elegant but works
Insert the formula in G2
=rate(2,,-B3,D3)
Insert the formula in G3
=rate(2,,-B4,D4)
click Undo

M.

 

[JGSmith]

Thank you Marcelo
That does appear to be a workaround. I wonder if someone will also have an idea of how to set the default settings?