I have several worksheets which follow the same pattern, like a checklist.
There's another sheet which summarizes what's on the other sheets using
=Sum(BeginSheet:EndSheet!A1), for instance. When I copy BeginSheet and put
it somewhere between BeginSheet and EndSheet, the formulae on the summary
sheet fails to see the values entered in the new sheet. I can get the
summary to start working again by simply pressing F2 to edit the formula in a
cell, then pressing Enter and accepting what's already there. The value
updates immediately.

Is there a way to get around this, or am I doing something wrong here?

Thank you!

Hi Mark, your method should work and automatically calculate as long as you
have automatic calculation turned on on the calculation tab in your options.

"Mark" wrote:

I have several worksheets which follow the same pattern, like a checklist.
There's another sheet which summarizes what's on the other sheets using
=Sum(BeginSheet:EndSheet!A1), for instance. When I copy BeginSheet and put
it somewhere between BeginSheet and EndSheet, the formulae on the summary
sheet fails to see the values entered in the new sheet. I can get the
summary to start working again by simply pressing F2 to edit the formula in a
cell, then pressing Enter and accepting what's already there. The value
updates immediately.

Is there a way to get around this, or am I doing something wrong here?

Thank you!

I'd double check to make sure that the calculation mode is set to automatic.

In xl2003:
tools|Options|calculation tab

Mark wrote:

I have several worksheets which follow the same pattern, like a checklist.
There's another sheet which summarizes what's on the other sheets using
=Sum(BeginSheet:EndSheet!A1), for instance. When I copy BeginSheet and put
it somewhere between BeginSheet and EndSheet, the formulae on the summary
sheet fails to see the values entered in the new sheet. I can get the
summary to start working again by simply pressing F2 to edit the formula in a
cell, then pressing Enter and accepting what's already there. The value
updates immediately.

Is there a way to get around this, or am I doing something wrong here?

Thank you!

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Dave Peterson

Thanks for the response.

My calc mode is set to automatic, so that's not it.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I'd double check to make sure that the calculation mode is set to automatic.

In xl2003:
tools|Options|calculation tab

Mark wrote:

I have several worksheets which follow the same pattern, like a checklist.
There's another sheet which summarizes what's on the other sheets using
=Sum(BeginSheet:EndSheet!A1), for instance. When I copy BeginSheet and put
it somewhere between BeginSheet and EndSheet, the formulae on the summary
sheet fails to see the values entered in the new sheet. I can get the
summary to start working again by simply pressing F2 to edit the formula in a
cell, then pressing Enter and accepting what's already there. The value
updates immediately.

Is there a way to get around this, or am I doing something wrong here?

Thank you!

--

Dave Peterson

That's what I thought, too, but my calc mode is set to automatic and it's
definitely not working.

"Jason" wrote:

Hi Mark, your method should work and automatically calculate as long as you
have automatic calculation turned on on the calculation tab in your options.

"Mark" wrote:

I have several worksheets which follow the same pattern, like a checklist.
There's another sheet which summarizes what's on the other sheets using
=Sum(BeginSheet:EndSheet!A1), for instance. When I copy BeginSheet and put
it somewhere between BeginSheet and EndSheet, the formulae on the summary
sheet fails to see the values entered in the new sheet. I can get the
summary to start working again by simply pressing F2 to edit the formula in a
cell, then pressing Enter and accepting what's already there. The value
updates immediately.

Is there a way to get around this, or am I doing something wrong here?

Thank you!

I don't have a guess why it doesn't reflect automatically.

But you could try this:

Select the worksheet with the formulas on them
Select all the cells on that worksheet
Edit|Replace
what: =
with: =
replace all

It'll force excel to see each of those formulas as a new formula and it'll
recalc. And maybe, just maybe, it'll wake up excel's calculation engine.

Then try inserting/copying another sheet in that sandwich of sheets and make a
few changes to see if that helped.

Mark wrote:

Thanks for the response.

My calc mode is set to automatic, so that's not it.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I'd double check to make sure that the calculation mode is set to automatic.

In xl2003:
tools|Options|calculation tab

Mark wrote:

I have several worksheets which follow the same pattern, like a checklist.
There's another sheet which summarizes what's on the other sheets using
=Sum(BeginSheet:EndSheet!A1), for instance. When I copy BeginSheet and put
it somewhere between BeginSheet and EndSheet, the formulae on the summary
sheet fails to see the values entered in the new sheet. I can get the
summary to start working again by simply pressing F2 to edit the formula in a
cell, then pressing Enter and accepting what's already there. The value
updates immediately.

Is there a way to get around this, or am I doing something wrong here?

Thank you!

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson