Drag horizontally, increase reference vertically

Young Grasshopper

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  1. 365
  2. 2016
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Another day, another problem!

I have this code in C5: =IF('Sheet1'!B11="";"";'Sheet1'!$B11)
I need to drag C5:G5 horizontally, so this could would be copied to every 5th column, but the reference cells must increase by one vertically every time.
Like this:
C5:
=IF('Sheet1'!B11="";"";'Sheet1'!$B11)
H5: =IF('Sheet1'!B12="";"";'Sheet1'!$B12)
M5: =IF('Sheet1'!B13="";"";'Sheet1'!$B13)
etc.

How would I go about this?
Would appreciate any help:)
 

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How about
Excel Formula:
=IF(INDEX(Sheet1!$B:$B,COLUMNS($C5:C5)+10)="","",INDEX(Sheet1!$B:$B,COLUMNS($C5:C5)+10))
 
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To me
Excel Formula:
=IF('Sheet1'!B11="";"";'Sheet1'!$B11)
and
Excel Formula:
='Sheet1'!$B11
are exactly the same thing, so why make things more difficult than they are ?
So , supposing Fluff's answer is correct ( the contrary would be astonishing) just use
Excel Formula:
= INDEX(Sheet1!$B:$B,COLUMNS($C5:C5)+10)
 
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Yes, as Ghunderassi said. It would work perfectly if the formula were to be in adjacent cells, but not when skipping cells.
 
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@ghunderassi Please do not hijack other people's threads.
If you have a question, start a thread of your own.
 
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In D5 it's just the same formula as C5, but with reference cell C instead, so; =IF('Sheet1'!C11="";"";'Sheet1'!C11)
E5 is blank, but is going to be used to just write in, F5 is blank but have a data validation list, G5 is just blank.
 
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In that case use
Excel Formula:
=IF(INDEX(Sheet1!$B:$B,INT((COLUMNS($C5:C5)-1)/5)+11)="","",INDEX(Sheet1!$B:$B,INT((COLUMNS($C5:C5)-1)/5)+11))
 
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