Excel spreadsheets revert to manual calculation

 · Excel keeps changing to Manual Calculation. Hi guys, Here's a weird thing: Yesterday, sometime between about , apparently my Excel changed itself from Auto Calculation to Manual. I didn't do anything that should have made anything change and had been using the spreadsheet I was working in several times through the day with no problem.  · The setting in the Excel options is already set to Automatic. It's the workbook calculation that keeps changing intermittently. Like if you change the workbook to Automatic from the Forumula's tab, save the document, then open it.. it's still Automatic but if you wait a while, then open the same workbook.. it's reverted back to Manual, even when the option is .  · To set Excel to always use manual calculation in Windows 7: 1. Create a new workbook and then go into Excel options. 2. Set Calculation mode to Manual. 3. Save the workbook as "www.doorway.ru" and save it in the C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART folder. Each time Excel starts the .

From research we learn that if an Excel chart is saved with manual calculation, it will always revert to that setting. This is definitely NOT what is happening. No one has ever used or required manual calculation, and we are using the same primary file on a server, which most days does not carry manual calculation setting. RE: Excel - reverting back to manual calculations. 2. KenWright (TechnicalUser) 9 Feb 04 The Calculation mode setting is an Application level setting stored in each saved workbook, and so Excel only has a single setting for all the workbooks that are open. Excel takes the initial setting from the first workbook opened, so you must be. The setting in the Excel options is already set to Automatic. It's the workbook calculation that keeps changing intermittently. Like if you change the workbook to Automatic from the Forumula's tab, save the document, then open it.. it's still Automatic but if you wait a while, then open the same workbook.. it's reverted back to Manual, even when the option is set in the Excel options itself.

I created 2 subs that I call when I need to do this, Updates_Off and Updates_On. You will need to declare the variables CalcMode. For those who prefer to use the keyboard, "Alt-F" opens the File Menu, then "T" chooses Excel Options. Click the down arrow to navigate to Formulas in the. In this tutorial I'm teaching you how to turn off Automatic Calculation for a particular sheet in Excel using a simple VBA code.