Microsoft KB Archive/171239

= XL97: MS Excel Does Not Resume Calculation After Halting =

Article ID: 171239

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q171239



SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Excel 97 stops calculating formulas in a workbook even though you are using automatic calculation. Microsoft Excel 97 fails to resume calculating formulas after a few seconds of inactivity.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when you perform one of the following actions while Microsoft Excel is recalculating formulas:


 * You select a cell or a range of cells. -or-


 * You switch to a different worksheet. -or-


 * You switch to a different workbook. -or-


 * You click a menu item. -or-


 * You click a toolbar button. -or-


 * You move or resize a window. -or-


 * You start the Microsoft Office Assistant.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, install Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

To work around this problem, press F9 and resume calculation.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1.

For additional information about SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

172475 ff: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1

