How do I sort a table in Excel if it has cell references in it?

Question

I have a table of data in excel in sheet 1 which references various different cells in many other sheets. When I try to sort or filter the sheet, the references change when

Answer 1

Easy solution - copy from excel and paste into google sheets. It copies all of your reference cells as absolute cells so you can begin from scratch. Then sort and download back as an excel grid and reformat to your needs.