Copy formulas into new sheet with same local references without referring to parent sheet

Cherio

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  1. 2016
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  1. Windows
Hi!

I created a template with a bunch of formulas that I want to copy to another worksheet. Some of the formulas in the template refer to sheets locally in the .xsl file, for example: "='Results N1'!Q1".

What I want to do is for the formulas to function as they do in the template, to copy what is in the "Results N1" into another window called "To Drive".
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What happens instead is that when I copy the template into another workfile with another name, it refers BACK to the parent workfile with square brackets [].
I have tried to do a "Find and Replace all" on the [] but when I click "Replace all" a window pops up wanting me to refer to a worksheet. If i refuse, the cell is filled with "#REF". If I delete the cell, and type in "='Results N1'Q1!'", it still wants me to refer to the original worksheet.

I have tried to go to Data -> Edit Links -> and refer to the worksheet I am copying to. It still does not work.

Any ideas?
 

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