Adding rows in linked spreadsheets

Hi. I am having an issue with 2 linked spreadsheets. I need to have the same data in both sheets...I linked them so i only have to enter data in one of them to save time. Occasionally i need to insert a new row in the first sheet to keep similar items together. Is it possible to have that new row (and the data i enter in it) automatically created in the second spreadsheet? At this time I have to create a new row and then link the cell in the second sheet manually every time. Is there a quicker way? Thanks in advance...

Try this ..

Suppose we want to link what's within Sheet1's A1:E100
in Sheet2's A1:E100

In Sheet2,

Put in A1:
=IF(OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,ROW()-1,COLUMN()-1)=0,"",
OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,ROW()-1,COLUMN()-1))

Copy A1 across to say, H1, fill down to H150 (say)

Fill a range large enough to accommodate the
max expected "expansion"* of the original range in Sheet1
*via subsequent insertion of rows/cols within the original range

Sheet2 will return the required results from Sheet1

For formats, do a Copy > Paste special > Formats > OK
(Copy from Sheet1, Paste special into Sheet2.
This part is manual but should be simple to execute)
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> Hi. I am having an issue with 2 linked spreadsheets. I need to have the
> same data in both sheets...I linked them so i only have to enter data
> in one of them to save time. Occasionally i need to insert a new row in
> the first sheet to keep similar items together. Is it possible to have
> that new row (and the data i enter in it) automatically created in the
> second spreadsheet? At this time I have to create a new row and then
> link the cell in the second sheet manually every time. Is there a
> quicker way? Thanks in advance...
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