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Bob Phillips
 
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Default Excel is doing something I've never seen it do before

No, it just got reset somehow. Excel takes the calculation mode of the first
workbook opened, so if you started with that mode, it remains until changed
back.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"JDGuin" wrote in message
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Hi, Elkar,

Thanks for the feedback.

I checked the tab as you suggested, and Automatic was selected.

Since writing for help, I've discovered something else. If I change the
value in a cell that is referenced by the formula in another cell, the
formula does not recalculate automatically.

Is it time to reinstall yet?

"Elkar" wrote:

It sounds to me like your Calculations have been switched from Automatic

to
Manual. Try this:

Tools
Options
Calculation Tab
Check the option for "Automatic"
OK

HTH,
Elkar

"JDGuin" wrote:

I am using Excel 2000.

I want to use the same formula, with dynamic referencing of cells

(i.e., the
cell references in the formula change, depending on the row the

formula is
in). I've been doing this for years, and never had a problem.

However, recently, when I do this, the formula copies to the new cell

and
changes as expected -- yet the value displayed in the new cell (to

which I've
just copied the formuia) is identical to the value displayed in the

cell from
which I've copied the formula! There is no correspondence between the

formula
in the new cell and the value displayed! It's as if the program copied

the
value rather than the formula -- yet, the formula did copy, with the

dynamic
adjustments.

This is totally freaky. The first time I saw this, a few days ago, I

thought
the problem might be related to a lack of memory. I rebooted, and that

did
seem to take care of the problem. However, today, rebooting had no

effect.

If I type the formula manually into each cell, instead of copy &

paste,
there's no problem. But this is not a practical solution.

Any ideas? Thanks!