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Mike Rainey - 02 Nov 2004 19:49 GMT

Our business office uses a ton of Excel spreadsheets for tracking out
accounting stuff. Usually, when you change a cell that is part of a formula,
the formula will recalculate and update the proper cell with current
information. For whatever reason, that has stopped working on most of our
spreadsheets. The only way to get the formulas to update now is to double
click on the cell, and then exit cell. Is there a setting or some sort of
template feature that would cause this to happen, and if so, how do I turn it
off. It is Excel 2002 ( 10.2614.2625) Thank you.

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Gord Dibben - 03 Nov 2004 00:12 GMT

Mike

The setting is at Tools>Options>Calculation. Make sure you are set to
"Automatic".

If you're wondering how it got switched to "manual"......

Excel takes the Calculation mode each session from the settings on the first
workbook opened in that session.

i.e. If you saved Book1 with calc mode in manual and opened it first, calc
mode would be in Manual.

If you saved Book2 with calc mode in auto and opened it after Book1, Book2
would be in manual mode(Excel ignores the auto calc mode in this case).

If you close Book1 before opening Book2, Book2 will be in auto calc mode.

Confusing enough? <g>

NOTE: if you are loading Personal.xls and its settings are at "manual",
change this to "Automatic" and re-save Personal.xls.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

>Our business office uses a ton of Excel spreadsheets for tracking out
>accounting stuff. Usually, when you change a cell that is part of a formula,
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>template feature that would cause this to happen, and if so, how do I turn it
>off. It is Excel 2002 ( 10.2614.2625) Thank you.

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