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Chew
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      29th Feb 2008
This happened to a spreadsheet that i used very often once.
A formula which has link to cell in in other sheet suddenly does not
auto-calculate after i changed the input value in other sheet. I got to
select the cell with formula and press F2 to force it update the calculated
value.

I was so surprised bcos this never happened before!
I then exit Exel and open the same spreadsheet again, that problem never
happened any more.

Im wondering why and when this happen, and have i made any "mistake" on the
value i calculated before by using that spreadsheet.
Is this so-called "transient error" in computing? I was so "lucky" to
encounter this error.







 
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Pete_UK
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      29th Feb 2008
Click on Tools | Options | Calculation tab and ensure you have
Automatic checked rather than Manual - save your file.

If you open a file which has Manual option selected, then this will be
carried forward into any other files you open in that same instance of
Excel, and if you save a file with this option active, then next time
you open that file it will be set to Manual calculation mode.

Pete

On Feb 29, 2:07*pm, "Chew" <c...@wech.com.my> wrote:
> This happened to a spreadsheet that i used very often once.
> A formula which has link to cell in in other sheet suddenly does not
> auto-calculate after i changed the input value in other sheet. I got to
> select the cell with formula and press F2 to force it update the calculated
> value.
>
> I was so surprised bcos this never happened before!
> I then exit Exel and open the same spreadsheet again, that problem never
> happened any more.
>
> Im wondering why and when this happen, and have i made any "mistake" on the
> value i calculated before by using that spreadsheet.
> Is this so-called "transient error" in computing? I was so "lucky" to
> encounter this error.


 
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Chew
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      1st Mar 2008
No, all the files are in Automatic Calculate mode and i have used repeatedly
for many years frequently. Tats surprising.


"Pete_UK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:38abe86f-b489-4412-9360-(E-Mail Removed)...
Click on Tools | Options | Calculation tab and ensure you have
Automatic checked rather than Manual - save your file.

If you open a file which has Manual option selected, then this will be
carried forward into any other files you open in that same instance of
Excel, and if you save a file with this option active, then next time
you open that file it will be set to Manual calculation mode.

Pete

On Feb 29, 2:07 pm, "Chew" <c...@wech.com.my> wrote:
> This happened to a spreadsheet that i used very often once.
> A formula which has link to cell in in other sheet suddenly does not
> auto-calculate after i changed the input value in other sheet. I got to
> select the cell with formula and press F2 to force it update the
> calculated
> value.
>
> I was so surprised bcos this never happened before!
> I then exit Exel and open the same spreadsheet again, that problem never
> happened any more.
>
> Im wondering why and when this happen, and have i made any "mistake" on
> the
> value i calculated before by using that spreadsheet.
> Is this so-called "transient error" in computing? I was so "lucky" to
> encounter this error.



 
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kg_singapore
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      22nd May 2008
I get this same anamoly in my EXCEL VBA application since 2 days. I wonder!
Now I am not able to use the application. As "Chew", I too checked
calculation mode and found it is automatic only.


"Chew" wrote:

> No, all the files are in Automatic Calculate mode and i have used repeatedly
> for many years frequently. Tats surprising.
>
>
> "Pete_UK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:38abe86f-b489-4412-9360-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Click on Tools | Options | Calculation tab and ensure you have
> Automatic checked rather than Manual - save your file.
>
> If you open a file which has Manual option selected, then this will be
> carried forward into any other files you open in that same instance of
> Excel, and if you save a file with this option active, then next time
> you open that file it will be set to Manual calculation mode.
>
> Pete
>
> On Feb 29, 2:07 pm, "Chew" <c...@wech.com.my> wrote:
> > This happened to a spreadsheet that i used very often once.
> > A formula which has link to cell in in other sheet suddenly does not
> > auto-calculate after i changed the input value in other sheet. I got to
> > select the cell with formula and press F2 to force it update the
> > calculated
> > value.
> >
> > I was so surprised bcos this never happened before!
> > I then exit Exel and open the same spreadsheet again, that problem never
> > happened any more.
> >
> > Im wondering why and when this happen, and have i made any "mistake" on
> > the
> > value i calculated before by using that spreadsheet.
> > Is this so-called "transient error" in computing? I was so "lucky" to
> > encounter this error.

>
>
>

 
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