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Formulas not copying to other cells
I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on
=TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
This is a little confusing- the formulas are showing the correct date, the
formulas are not showing up in the cells, and the formulas are not calculating. When you copy the original formula, what shows up in the cells that you copied it to? "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
hi
i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
I know this is confusing and I have tried to make it clear, but seems as if I
have failed at that. DLW: When I copy the formula into other cells the result displays, but if I change information line that in effect changes the date that is part of the formula, the result does not change. The result does not recalculate and so I have to reenter the formula in order for the result to update based on the new information. FST1: I do understand the =Today() function. I misunderstood my own thinking. What I have is a date range based on a "Due Date" column and when I copy the formula for these two date columns (date range), the formula works and displays correctly, but if I change a "due date", the formula does not recalculate. I have to reenter the formula to recalculate. I hope this clarifies it. Thank you both for your help. "FSt1" wrote: hi i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
So, what IS your formula?
-- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... I know this is confusing and I have tried to make it clear, but seems as if I have failed at that. DLW: When I copy the formula into other cells the result displays, but if I change information line that in effect changes the date that is part of the formula, the result does not change. The result does not recalculate and so I have to reenter the formula in order for the result to update based on the new information. FST1: I do understand the =Today() function. I misunderstood my own thinking. What I have is a date range based on a "Due Date" column and when I copy the formula for these two date columns (date range), the formula works and displays correctly, but if I change a "due date", the formula does not recalculate. I have to reenter the formula to recalculate. I hope this clarifies it. Thank you both for your help. "FSt1" wrote: hi i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
Column C is date such as 3/20/2009
Column D formula is: =C2-62 (equaling 1/17/2009) Column E formula is: =C2-58 (equaling 1/21/2009) "Niek Otten" wrote: So, what IS your formula? -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... I know this is confusing and I have tried to make it clear, but seems as if I have failed at that. DLW: When I copy the formula into other cells the result displays, but if I change information line that in effect changes the date that is part of the formula, the result does not change. The result does not recalculate and so I have to reenter the formula in order for the result to update based on the new information. FST1: I do understand the =Today() function. I misunderstood my own thinking. What I have is a date range based on a "Due Date" column and when I copy the formula for these two date columns (date range), the formula works and displays correctly, but if I change a "due date", the formula does not recalculate. I have to reenter the formula to recalculate. I hope this clarifies it. Thank you both for your help. "FSt1" wrote: hi i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
And if you change C2, D2 doesn't change? It should.
Check the setting for Automatic calculation once mo it changes if you first load another workbook with another setting. Try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F9 too (rebuild the dependency tree) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... Column C is date such as 3/20/2009 Column D formula is: =C2-62 (equaling 1/17/2009) Column E formula is: =C2-58 (equaling 1/21/2009) "Niek Otten" wrote: So, what IS your formula? -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... I know this is confusing and I have tried to make it clear, but seems as if I have failed at that. DLW: When I copy the formula into other cells the result displays, but if I change information line that in effect changes the date that is part of the formula, the result does not change. The result does not recalculate and so I have to reenter the formula in order for the result to update based on the new information. FST1: I do understand the =Today() function. I misunderstood my own thinking. What I have is a date range based on a "Due Date" column and when I copy the formula for these two date columns (date range), the formula works and displays correctly, but if I change a "due date", the formula does not recalculate. I have to reenter the formula to recalculate. I hope this clarifies it. Thank you both for your help. "FSt1" wrote: hi i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
Niek, I tried all of those things numerous times before posting my original
message. I was hoping that worked, but it still does not work. Any other suggestions? Another note, would there be anything that if I enter the formula as "=C2-68" or "=(C2-68)" that that may be creating an issue with this? Thanks again for your help. "Niek Otten" wrote: And if you change C2, D2 doesn't change? It should. Check the setting for Automatic calculation once mo it changes if you first load another workbook with another setting. Try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F9 too (rebuild the dependency tree) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... Column C is date such as 3/20/2009 Column D formula is: =C2-62 (equaling 1/17/2009) Column E formula is: =C2-58 (equaling 1/21/2009) "Niek Otten" wrote: So, what IS your formula? -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... I know this is confusing and I have tried to make it clear, but seems as if I have failed at that. DLW: When I copy the formula into other cells the result displays, but if I change information line that in effect changes the date that is part of the formula, the result does not change. The result does not recalculate and so I have to reenter the formula in order for the result to update based on the new information. FST1: I do understand the =Today() function. I misunderstood my own thinking. What I have is a date range based on a "Due Date" column and when I copy the formula for these two date columns (date range), the formula works and displays correctly, but if I change a "due date", the formula does not recalculate. I have to reenter the formula to recalculate. I hope this clarifies it. Thank you both for your help. "FSt1" wrote: hi i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
Thinking more about this, can a "IF" function be applied to these cells?
If I have a column with a due date (column F) and another column (column E) with a code in it. If the code is one thing (ie. "MU") than the date in column G should be F-62 and if it is ("MM") it should be F-47. Would the function look something like this: =IF(E=MU,[F-62],[F-47]) Help with this function? "Lance Hebert" wrote: Niek, I tried all of those things numerous times before posting my original message. I was hoping that worked, but it still does not work. Any other suggestions? Another note, would there be anything that if I enter the formula as "=C2-68" or "=(C2-68)" that that may be creating an issue with this? Thanks again for your help. "Niek Otten" wrote: And if you change C2, D2 doesn't change? It should. Check the setting for Automatic calculation once mo it changes if you first load another workbook with another setting. Try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F9 too (rebuild the dependency tree) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... Column C is date such as 3/20/2009 Column D formula is: =C2-62 (equaling 1/17/2009) Column E formula is: =C2-58 (equaling 1/21/2009) "Niek Otten" wrote: So, what IS your formula? -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... I know this is confusing and I have tried to make it clear, but seems as if I have failed at that. DLW: When I copy the formula into other cells the result displays, but if I change information line that in effect changes the date that is part of the formula, the result does not change. The result does not recalculate and so I have to reenter the formula in order for the result to update based on the new information. FST1: I do understand the =Today() function. I misunderstood my own thinking. What I have is a date range based on a "Due Date" column and when I copy the formula for these two date columns (date range), the formula works and displays correctly, but if I change a "due date", the formula does not recalculate. I have to reenter the formula to recalculate. I hope this clarifies it. Thank you both for your help. "FSt1" wrote: hi i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
=IF(E2="MU",F2-62,F2-47)
But something else must be wrong if the cells don't calculate -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... Thinking more about this, can a "IF" function be applied to these cells? If I have a column with a due date (column F) and another column (column E) with a code in it. If the code is one thing (ie. "MU") than the date in column G should be F-62 and if it is ("MM") it should be F-47. Would the function look something like this: =IF(E=MU,[F-62],[F-47]) Help with this function? "Lance Hebert" wrote: Niek, I tried all of those things numerous times before posting my original message. I was hoping that worked, but it still does not work. Any other suggestions? Another note, would there be anything that if I enter the formula as "=C2-68" or "=(C2-68)" that that may be creating an issue with this? Thanks again for your help. "Niek Otten" wrote: And if you change C2, D2 doesn't change? It should. Check the setting for Automatic calculation once mo it changes if you first load another workbook with another setting. Try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F9 too (rebuild the dependency tree) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... Column C is date such as 3/20/2009 Column D formula is: =C2-62 (equaling 1/17/2009) Column E formula is: =C2-58 (equaling 1/21/2009) "Niek Otten" wrote: So, what IS your formula? -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... I know this is confusing and I have tried to make it clear, but seems as if I have failed at that. DLW: When I copy the formula into other cells the result displays, but if I change information line that in effect changes the date that is part of the formula, the result does not change. The result does not recalculate and so I have to reenter the formula in order for the result to update based on the new information. FST1: I do understand the =Today() function. I misunderstood my own thinking. What I have is a date range based on a "Due Date" column and when I copy the formula for these two date columns (date range), the formula works and displays correctly, but if I change a "due date", the formula does not recalculate. I have to reenter the formula to recalculate. I hope this clarifies it. Thank you both for your help. "FSt1" wrote: hi i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
Formulas not copying to other cells
That did it!! Thanks Niek. It should update now. I did not think about it
until now. Thanks again!! "Niek Otten" wrote: =IF(E2="MU",F2-62,F2-47) But something else must be wrong if the cells don't calculate -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... Thinking more about this, can a "IF" function be applied to these cells? If I have a column with a due date (column F) and another column (column E) with a code in it. If the code is one thing (ie. "MU") than the date in column G should be F-62 and if it is ("MM") it should be F-47. Would the function look something like this: =IF(E=MU,[F-62],[F-47]) Help with this function? "Lance Hebert" wrote: Niek, I tried all of those things numerous times before posting my original message. I was hoping that worked, but it still does not work. Any other suggestions? Another note, would there be anything that if I enter the formula as "=C2-68" or "=(C2-68)" that that may be creating an issue with this? Thanks again for your help. "Niek Otten" wrote: And if you change C2, D2 doesn't change? It should. Check the setting for Automatic calculation once mo it changes if you first load another workbook with another setting. Try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F9 too (rebuild the dependency tree) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... Column C is date such as 3/20/2009 Column D formula is: =C2-62 (equaling 1/17/2009) Column E formula is: =C2-58 (equaling 1/21/2009) "Niek Otten" wrote: So, what IS your formula? -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Lance Hebert" wrote in message ... I know this is confusing and I have tried to make it clear, but seems as if I have failed at that. DLW: When I copy the formula into other cells the result displays, but if I change information line that in effect changes the date that is part of the formula, the result does not change. The result does not recalculate and so I have to reenter the formula in order for the result to update based on the new information. FST1: I do understand the =Today() function. I misunderstood my own thinking. What I have is a date range based on a "Due Date" column and when I copy the formula for these two date columns (date range), the formula works and displays correctly, but if I change a "due date", the formula does not recalculate. I have to reenter the formula to recalculate. I hope this clarifies it. Thank you both for your help. "FSt1" wrote: hi i think you may have a slight misunderstanding about the Today() function. =today()-62 will not change until tommorrow no matter how much data you type into other cells. the only way you might be able to get the formula to change is to change it to ..say.. =Today()-A1 then plug different numbers in A1 to subtract from today(). or did i miss something???? Regards FSt1 "Lance Hebert" wrote: I have a spreadsheet in which there are two cells with date ranges based on =TODAY() (ie. there is one column based on =TODAY()-62 and one based on =TODAY()-58). I have copied the formula by dragging the formatting to all of the cells below the first line that I entered the formula in. Well now, the formulas are working by showing the dates based on the results, but I change the information on the line or insert a new line in the list, the formulas are not calculating. Again, the formulas are showing the correct dates, but the formulas are not showing up in the cells, thus when I enter new information or line, the formulas are not calcuating. I have checked that the sheet will automatically calculate, but it is still not working. Any suggestions? This may be an easy fix and I may be making this more difficult for me than it needs to be. Thanks for your help. |
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