Sohu.com Inc. (Sohu) is an online media, search and game service company, which is engaged in providing online products and services on personal computers (PCs) and mobile devices in the People's Republic of China (the PRC). The Company operates through three segments: the Sohu segment; the Sogou segment, and the Changyou segment.
Toggle absolute and relative references. It's much faster and easier than typing $ characters manually. To convert an existing formula, enter cell edit mode, place the cursor in or next to the reference you'd like to convert, then use the shortcut. Note: in Excel 2016 for the Mac, you can also use fn + F4.
Examples of absolute references: $ 1 H$1 = Locks in the column and row. 2  The formula will only use the data found in this cell. 3  An example of when you may want to use data found in only one cell could be when you are using an exact date or percentage in your formula. $ 4 H1 = Locks in the column.