Reference cells in another spreadsheet

I've not looked at Numbers for a pretty long while now, but '09 has definitely introduced the things that have kept me away (particularly row and column freezing) and it's good to be back!
Just a check:- I've had a good look around, but as far as I can see, it is not possible to link to cells in another spreadsheet. It's not a deal breaker, but have I understood that correctly?
Thanks a lot
Jim

Henry, you can certainly use references between sheets within the same -- what Excel calls a "workbook", I don't know what it is called in Numbers.
This is the sysntax, where "Spreadsheet1" is the sheet and "Table1" is the table on that sheet.
=Spreadsheet1::Table1::a1
Here's my problem --- I want to use a cell's contents to reference a sheet:
Sheets named "susie", "dave", and "colette" all have their date of birth in cell A1.
My summary sheet has the values "susie", "dave", and "colette" in cells A1, A2, and A3.
I need a function in B1, B2, and B3 that will retrieve the contents of cell A1 from the sheet named in column A.
I tried using INDIRECT and a straight reference. I just can't find the syntax. Anybody?
(By the way, I couldn't get INDIRECT to work even in the simplest case. Is it working?)
regards to all

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Open YOUR eyes.
I believe they already stated what they were looking for. So didn't need your highlighted document.
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