I would suggest the vast majority of people would not want it turned off
ever, and there are enough people that have a problem with it switching to
manual when they don't want it to as it is.

It takes only a few seconds to switch to manual though, so what exactly are
you having a problem with:-

Tools / Options / Calculation Tab / Tick Manual and hit OK?

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"lasse" wrote in message
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Please make it better in office 12 to turn off autocalc.
At the moment it is a pain in the bXXX

I managed to get it working for new Excel 2003 sessions but then I get no
Sheet1.

Lars

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