Occasionally I run into this problem: when working with an involved
spreadsheet with numerous defined names and ranges, Excel fails to
update. This often happens when I try to change one of the
definitions: let's say, for example, the discount rate, on which a
whole host of cells depend, is increased from 10% to 12%. This will
go through several rounds of iterations to recalculate

At this point, however, Excel reverts to the calculation mode and I'm
forced to press F9. But it still fails to update the variable in
different worksheets. I usually exit out of Excel or reboot
altogether and the problem has always goes away, especially with the
rebooting.

But it's is happening too often. Does Excel automatically revert to
Manual Calculation if it's overwhelmed? I never put my spreadsheet in
that mode. How can I keep this from happening when using complex
financial models? Thanks.

This has happened to me a few times and it is always the same files, I can't
help you on why this happens but this works for me. I do an editreplace and
replace = with =
replacing the equal sign with an equal sign forces calculation and it is
easier than closing Excel


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Mister Softie " wrote in message
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Occasionally I run into this problem: when working with an involved
spreadsheet with numerous defined names and ranges, Excel fails to
update. This often happens when I try to change one of the
definitions: let's say, for example, the discount rate, on which a
whole host of cells depend, is increased from 10% to 12%. This will
go through several rounds of iterations to recalculate

At this point, however, Excel reverts to the calculation mode and I'm
forced to press F9. But it still fails to update the variable in
different worksheets. I usually exit out of Excel or reboot
altogether and the problem has always goes away, especially with the
rebooting.

But it's is happening too often. Does Excel automatically revert to
Manual Calculation if it's overwhelmed? I never put my spreadsheet in
that mode. How can I keep this from happening when using complex
financial models? Thanks.

Check this list:

http://xldynamic.com/source/xld.xlFAQ0024.html

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Mister Softie " wrote in message ...
| Occasionally I run into this problem: when working with an involved
| spreadsheet with numerous defined names and ranges, Excel fails to
| update. This often happens when I try to change one of the
| definitions: let's say, for example, the discount rate, on which a
| whole host of cells depend, is increased from 10% to 12%. This will
| go through several rounds of iterations to recalculate
|
| At this point, however, Excel reverts to the calculation mode and I'm
| forced to press F9. But it still fails to update the variable in
| different worksheets. I usually exit out of Excel or reboot
| altogether and the problem has always goes away, especially with the
| rebooting.
|
| But it's is happening too often. Does Excel automatically revert to
| Manual Calculation if it's overwhelmed? I never put my spreadsheet in
| that mode. How can I keep this from happening when using complex
| financial models? Thanks.
|
|