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
    2015-08-18T11:01:09+00:00

    I have found that at least in my case the cells that don't recalculate are the ones off the screen.  Any cell that is visible in the window recalculates fine, the ones that are scrolled out of the window don't.  If I scroll down to where they are visible and make any change, all the now visible cells recalculate, including those that didn't prior.

    BTW, I am using version 15.13.1.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-01T16:38:11+00:00

    In reply to Phillip M Jones's post on August 1, 2015 and Terry Smart:

    My Preference for Auto-Recalc is set correctly.The only way to force my workbook to recalculate is to close and reopen, and I have discovered just now that if I open a NEW workbook and switch back to the OLD workbook then the OLD workbook is forced to recalculate. It is so weird.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-01T16:04:46+00:00

    It is in my case. The sheets will not recalculate even if you tell them to through the recalculate button.

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