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. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP
    2016-07-08T15:23:48+00:00

    We're all just Excel customers here in this forum. I presume the fix is either not trivial or they can't figure out what the problem is. Whether it is Excel, Mac OS, a specific piece of hardware or video driver, or whatever it is, if it were quick and easy to fix I am sure it would have been fixed by now.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-08T16:49:13+00:00

    Robert, the key combination depends on your keyboard and language settings. I don't need advice on the refresh shortcut, thanks. This is not an issue that you could solve by refreshing in the first place.  Once it happens, the spreadsheet is broken. Full stop.

    I need Microsoft to fix the bug!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-08T16:55:16+00:00

    We're all just Excel customers here in this forum. I presume the fix is either not trivial or they can't figure out what the problem is. Whether it is Excel, Mac OS, a specific piece of hardware or video driver, or whatever it is, if it were quick and easy to fix I am sure it would have been fixed by now.

    I can't believe it to be so hard to find and fix the bug. Office for MAC is simply too small to be sufficiently important to Microsoft. 

    I completely moved away from PCs after 20years because Windows became unbearable in my opinion. The updates from one version to the next made my system crash and other issues that cost me a lot of time. I am super happy with MAC. But I am so used to Office and so many clients use it, that I am still attached to MS - unfortunately..

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