calculating

F

frank

I have an EXCEL workbook that for some reason does not
calculate completely. when i hit F9 for it to calculate
it takes a long time and at the bottom of the page the
word "Calculate" does not go away. any ideas?
 
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David McRitchie

Hi Frank,

Calculate is an indication that you have turned Calculation off in
Tools, options, Calculation (Tab), [X] Manual
-- and that you have something that needs to be calculated.

If that is not the problem then try
Ctrl+Alt+F9 which recalculates all cells on all worksheets in all open workbooks.

If you still have a problem show us what your formulas look like,
and an idea of how extensive they are.

--
 
F

frank

David,
it is a large file. there a lot of SumProduct formulas.
I have a few of these but this is the only one that still
has the Calculate message at the bottom. I did turn off
the automatic calculation formula because it takes a few
minutes for everything to calculate.

-----Original Message-----
Hi Frank,

Calculate is an indication that you have turned Calculation off in
Tools, options, Calculation (Tab), [X] Manual
-- and that you have something that needs to be calculated.

If that is not the problem then try
Ctrl+Alt+F9 which recalculates all cells on all
worksheets in all open workbooks.
If you still have a problem show us what your formulas look like,
and an idea of how extensive they are.

--
---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

I have an EXCEL workbook that for some reason does not
calculate completely. when i hit F9 for it to calculate
it takes a long time and at the bottom of the page the
word "Calculate" does not go away. any ideas?


.
 
D

Dave Peterson

If you have lots and lots of formulas, sometimes the "calculate" doesn't
disappear form the Statusbar.

(Excel does finish calculating, though.)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=243495
XL: Calculate Message Remains in Status Bar If 65,536 Formula References
David,
it is a large file. there a lot of SumProduct formulas.
I have a few of these but this is the only one that still
has the Calculate message at the bottom. I did turn off
the automatic calculation formula because it takes a few
minutes for everything to calculate.
-----Original Message-----
Hi Frank,

Calculate is an indication that you have turned Calculation off in
Tools, options, Calculation (Tab), [X] Manual
-- and that you have something that needs to be calculated.

If that is not the problem then try
Ctrl+Alt+F9 which recalculates all cells on all
worksheets in all open workbooks.
If you still have a problem show us what your formulas look like,
and an idea of how extensive they are.

--
---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

I have an EXCEL workbook that for some reason does not
calculate completely. when i hit F9 for it to calculate
it takes a long time and at the bottom of the page the
word "Calculate" does not go away. any ideas?


.
 
D

David McRitchie

Thanks for the link, I don't think I copied it down before
and am adding it to my statusbar.htm document.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/statusbar.htm

Dave Peterson said:
If you have lots and lots of formulas, sometimes the "calculate" doesn't
disappear form the Statusbar.

(Excel does finish calculating, though.)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=243495
XL: Calculate Message Remains in Status Bar If 65,536 Formula References
David,
it is a large file. there a lot of SumProduct formulas.
I have a few of these but this is the only one that still
has the Calculate message at the bottom. I did turn off
the automatic calculation formula because it takes a few
minutes for everything to calculate.
-----Original Message-----
Hi Frank,

Calculate is an indication that you have turned Calculation off in
Tools, options, Calculation (Tab), [X] Manual
-- and that you have something that needs to be calculated.

If that is not the problem then try
Ctrl+Alt+F9 which recalculates all cells on all
worksheets in all open workbooks.
If you still have a problem show us what your formulas look like,
and an idea of how extensive they are.

--
---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

I have an EXCEL workbook that for some reason does not
calculate completely. when i hit F9 for it to calculate
it takes a long time and at the bottom of the page the
word "Calculate" does not go away. any ideas?


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