Could get turned by a macro or by an addin.
Turning off calculation will make macro run faster but forgetting to turn it back
on particularly when the macro abnormally terminates will leave calculation at manual.

If the problem recurs you can have your Excel tell you when you start up Excel that
calculation is not set at automatic and then perhaps you can remember what you
did in the previous session.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel...esp.htm#addins
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
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"walkingmac" wrote in message ...

ahh... yes, that did it. Thank you. Not sure how that could have been
disabled on throughout the machines, but yes, thanx.


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