--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Template_Row.tex	2002/07/26 19:53:59	1.2
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Template_Row.tex	2010/08/23 16:16:18	1.8
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 \label{Spreadsheet_Template_Row}
-The template row is a way to use the same formula in every row of a
-sheet. The actual row number is replaced by a ``#''. For example,
-``A#*b#'' would be ``A5*b5'' in row 5.
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+
+The template row allows you to quickly fill in columns of your spreadsheet.
+If a cell in the template row has a value or formula, every cell in
+that column of the main body of the spreadsheet will be given the same value 
+or formula.  
+If a cell in the spreadsheet already has a value, that value will be preserved.
+
+Using the ``\#'' notation to specify rows is recommended.  See 
+Referencing Spreadsheet Cells (\ref{Spreadsheet_Referencing_Cells}) 
+for more information.