how do I delay recalculation of specific cells within a workbook?

Set calculation to manual: Tools--Options--Calculation--Manual

Hit F9 to force a recalculation as necessary.

Dave
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"Phillip" wrote:

how do I delay recalculation of specific cells within a workbook?

Not sure what you mean by "delay"

Normally Excel delays finally calculating a cell containing a formula until
all the preceding cells have been calculated (the sequence of the cells does
not matter, excel sorts it all out).

And when calculation is set to automatic all the open workbooks and
worksheets are recalculated.
If you set calculation to Manual then the workbooks and worksheets are only
calculated when you press F9.

In Manual you can also calculate a single sheet at a time using Shift-F9 to
recalculate just the active sheet (but if you have a lot of links between
sheets be careful with this technique).

You can also use VBA to calculate only specififc cells.


Charles
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"Phillip" wrote in message
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how do I delay recalculation of specific cells within a workbook?

Thanks Charles and Dave. I think Charles is nearer the answer, if I may
further explain.
I would like to leave the automatic calculation n for the rest of the
work-sheet / book since there is an active web query. I then need to delay
specific cells that are dependent on the query (ie =F2; where F2 is part of
the query but target cell is not) from updating as soon as the query updates
in order for me to be able to highlight the change. I hope there is a
solution for this.
Thanks all again. - Phillip

"Charles Williams" wrote:

Not sure what you mean by "delay"

Normally Excel delays finally calculating a cell containing a formula until
all the preceding cells have been calculated (the sequence of the cells does
not matter, excel sorts it all out).

And when calculation is set to automatic all the open workbooks and
worksheets are recalculated.
If you set calculation to Manual then the workbooks and worksheets are only
calculated when you press F9.

In Manual you can also calculate a single sheet at a time using Shift-F9 to
recalculate just the active sheet (but if you have a lot of links between
sheets be careful with this technique).

You can also use VBA to calculate only specififc cells.


Charles
______________________
Decision Models
FastExcel 2.3 now available
Name Manager 4.0 now available
www.DecisionModels.com

"Phillip" wrote in message
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how do I delay recalculation of specific cells within a workbook?