Excel: Offset Function

In Excel, the Offset function returns a reference to a range that is offset a number of rows and columns from another range or cell.

The syntax for the Offset function is:

Offset( range, rows, columns, height, width )

range is the starting range from which the offset will be applied.

rows is the number of rows to apply as the offset to the range. This can be a positive or negative number.

columns is the number of columns to apply as the offset to the range. This can be a positive or negative number.

height is the number of rows that you want the returned range to be.

width is the number of columns that you want the returned range to be.

Applies To:

Excel 2007, Excel 2003, Excel XP, Excel 2000

For example:

Let's take a look at an example:

Based on the Excel spreadsheet above:

=Offset(A1, 1, 2, 1, 1) would return the reference to cell C2 and thus would display $7.23

=Offset(C3, -1, -2, 1, 1) would return the reference to cell A2 and thus would display 10567