Absolute Referencing

Website: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/switch-between-relative-absolute-and-mixed-references-dfec08cd-ae65-4f56-839e-5f0d8d0baca9#:~:text=If%20you%20want%20to%20maintain,formula%20stays%20exactly%20the%20same.

To absolute reference or to lock down a cell, use F4. Continue to use F4 to toggle and switch between relative, absolute, and mixed referencing.

My laptop combines features on my F1, F2, F3, etc buttons so I must use FN + F4 to absolute reference. This is helpful especially when using formulas so the user can lock certain arrays or columns even when looking up certain cells for instance.

I use an xlookup with locked and absolute reference lookup column and output column. 

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