Excel 2016 for Mac does not recalculate

Anonymous
2015-08-01T00:09:35+00:00

I have a multiple-sheet workbook that does not recalculate after I update some cells. It would only recalculate after I save and then reopen it. My Excel preferences is set to automatic recalculate. After I change the value of cells, the workbook does not recalculate even after I press the F9 key. I have tried Command+F9 to no avail. The workbook had a data connection and I had deleted it. The version is 15.12.3. Any idea what I can do?

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Anonymous
2017-07-09T08:51:04+00:00

ref my earlier question I found an answer that worked:

Why does my formula not calculate in Excel?

Instead the text of the formula itself appears in the cell directly. See example below. Cause: The cell is formatted as Text, which causes Excel to ignore any formulas. This could be directly due to the Text format, or is particularly common when importing data from a CSV or Notepad file

I copied the data from the original import worksheet into a fresh worksheet and the formulas worked fine

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Anonymous
2016-09-15T18:53:52+00:00

As Anthony noted, version 15.26 (160903) does contain the fix. This version has now been released to all audiences. Please make sure your Office is up to date and this problem should be resolved.

Thank you all for your patience and persistence!

Freya

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-10-17T10:56:26+00:00

    Freya, I'm afraid the fix to this problem is now causing Excel to to always ask if you want to save the spreadsheet if ANY calculated fields exists in the spreadsheet.  This is a problem and no other office release behaves this way.  Please see my post on this topic.  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice\_excel-mso\_mac/excel-for-mac-asks-to-save-file-if-any-calculation/4a930802-3917-41cd-8f51-18794b7af5bd

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  2. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP
    2016-10-11T14:38:52+00:00

    I have heard that Microsoft has addressed this problem in the 15.28 build, but can not verify because all I have is a single monitor. The 15.28 build is available now to Fast Insider update right now, but be aware that Fast Insider builds are frequent (almost weekly), large, and not supported because they are considered beta builds.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-11T07:10:31+00:00

    Hi,

    I have version 15.26 installed, but this issue is not fixed for me. I still need to double click another cell, then click another cell, to get fields to update. Alternatively, if I scroll the updated cell OUT of view, then back into view, it has updated most of the time.

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