Trace Formula Record For Free

The feature is called trace precedents and dependents. Open your workbook to a sheet that contains cells with precedents or dependents. Select the cell in which you want to check precedents and/or dependents. Click the Trace Precedents or Trace Dependents button in the Formula Auditing group of the Formulas tab.

You can also use the Ctrl + Shift + F5 shortcut to quickly trace precedents for an entire workbook. This shortcut will select all of the cells in all of the worksheets in a workbook, so you can then press the F5 or Ctrl + F5 shortcut keys to highlight all of the cells that are referenced by formulas in the workbook.

Switch between displaying formulas and their results from the keyboard. Press CTRL + ` (grave accent).

Go to Formulas tab > Formulas Auditing > Trace Dependents. Click on the Trace Dependents button to see the cells that are affected by the active cell. It will show a blue arrow that links the active cell and the other cells related to the selected cell.

The most basic shortcut for tracing dependents is to use the "Trace Dependents" feature. To use this feature, select the cell you want to trace and press "Ctrl" + "]" (or "Cmd" + "]" on a Mac). This will highlight all the cells that are directly dependent on the selected cell.

Trace cells that provide data to a formula (precedents) Select the cell that contains the formula for which you want to find precedent cells. To display a tracer arrow to each cell that directly provides data to the active cell, on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click Trace Precedents .

To use Trace Error in Excel, select the formula cell with the error displayed in it. Click the ?Trace Error? drop-down button in the ?Formula Auditing? button group on the ?Formulas? tab in the Ribbon. Then select the ?Trace Error? command in the drop-down menu to draw arrows to the cells causing the error.

Follow these steps: Select the cell that contains the formula for which you want to find precedent cells. To display a tracer arrow to each cell that directly provides data to the active cell, on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click Trace Precedents .