I am experiencing a problem with my Excel formula options. I opened a
workbook that was set to manual calculation. I went into formula's , changed
it to Automatic, went into Excel options and made sure it was set to
automatic. Then saved the file, and exited Excel. I then opened the same
workbook back up and it was back to manual calculation. Why won't Excel
retain my calculation settings?
Excel takes this setting from the first workbook opened in a session. This setting applies to all open workbooks in a session, no
matter what their original setting was.

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Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel
|I am experiencing a problem with my Excel formula options. I opened a
| workbook that was set to manual calculation. I went into formula's , changed
| it to Automatic, went into Excel options and made sure it was set to
| automatic. Then saved the file, and exited Excel. I then opened the same
| workbook back up and it was back to manual calculation. Why won't Excel
| retain my calculation settings?
TeresaD - 28 Jan 2008 15:32 GMT
I know, I completely exited Excel and I made sure that the file I saved as
Automatic Calculation was the first file I opened when I got back into Excel,
and it still opened in Manual Calculation.
> Excel takes this setting from the first workbook opened in a session. This setting applies to all open workbooks in a session, no
> matter what their original setting was.
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> | workbook back up and it was back to manual calculation. Why won't Excel
> | retain my calculation settings?
JP - 28 Jan 2008 17:59 GMT
Maybe there's a Workbook_Open event that is setting the calculation
mode to manual?
--JP
On Jan 28, 10:32 am, TeresaD <Tere...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I know, I completely exited Excel and I made sure that the file I saved as
> Automatic Calculation was the first file I opened when I got back into Excel,
> and it still opened in Manual Calculation.
TeresaD - 28 Jan 2008 18:06 GMT
How do I check that? I am using Excel 2007.
> Maybe there's a Workbook_Open event that is setting the calculation
> mode to manual?
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> > Automatic Calculation was the first file I opened when I got back into Excel,
> > and it still opened in Manual Calculation.
JP - 28 Jan 2008 18:24 GMT
Ugh, sorry can't help you there. I am using XL 2003.
Can you press Alt-F11 to access the VB Editor and check the
"ThisWorkbook" module for that workbook to see if there is any code
there? It would look like this:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
HTH,
JP
> How do I check that? I am using Excel 2007.
>
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TeresaD - 28 Jan 2008 19:40 GMT
Atl-F11 did opent he VB editor and there was some "test" macros in there. I
just deleted them and now it seems to be working. Thanks.
> Ugh, sorry can't help you there. I am using XL 2003.
>
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JP - 28 Jan 2008 20:54 GMT
Glad to hear it!
--JP
> Atl-F11 did opent he VB editor and there was some "test" macros in there. I
> just deleted them and now it seems to be working. Thanks.