That's slightly different issue from the one I mentioned, but very useful,
I'll have to make a note of that.

The problems I've worked with relate to the fact that the entire calculation
tree is different. The instances I've worked on have been specifically
between during migrations from versions that use sheet based calculation
chains (so pre-2003) to 2003 onwards where there is a unified calculation
chain. Basically the result cache format is totally different and
incompatible with the version it's being loaded into, meaning the recalc is
unavoidable regardless of save status.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

If you don't like that feature, you can make a change to the registry:

Jim Rech posted this:
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...GP11.phx .gbl

Each recipient would have to make this same change.

James Snell wrote:

It's worth pointing out that even with manual calculation set you may till
sometimes get a recalc on opening a workbook under certain circumstances. If
the version or build of excel you're using has a different calculation engine
than the file was last saved in is the most common example.

It's not usually an issue for most folks but it's tripped up a couple of my
corporate banking clients big-time where they've been populating data using
an add-in on one box and expecting to rely on cached data elsewhere.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

In xl2003, I can use:
tools|Options|calculatation tab
and change the calculation mode to manual.

johnmasvou wrote:

Every time I open a csv file it recalculates every possible formula in my
workbook, taking forever to open it. Is there any way to disable this from
the Excel menu options rather than in VBA?

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