Microsoft KB Archive/108799

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Manually Recalculating a Single Cell or Range

Article ID: 108799

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q108799

SUMMARY

In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article, the Calculate Now command in the Options/Preferences dialog box causes every cell in the open worksheet to be recalculated, even when the calculation mode is set to Manual.

The following information discusses three ways to recalculate a single cell or range without causing the entire document to be recalculated.

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Method 1: Recalculate Using F2

To recalculate a single cell, do the following:

1. Position the insertion point in the cell that you want to recalculate.
2. Press the F2 key.
3. Press ENTER.

To recalculate only the cells in a single array, do the following:

1. Select one cell in the array.
2. On the Edit menu, click Go To, and select Special.
3. Select Current Array.
4. Press F2.
5. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER or COMMAND+RETURN.

These steps reenter the formula in the array, updating the values they return.

Method 2: Recalculate Using Replace

1. Be sure calculation is set to Manual. To do this, click Options or Preferences on the Tools menu, select the Calculation Tab and select the Manual option button. Click OK to accept the change.
2. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
3. In the Find What box, type = and in the Replace With box, type =.
4. Click Replace (not Replace All).

NOTE: To recalculate a selected range rather than a single cell, click Replace All.

Method 3: Visual Basic Code Example

To recalculate the active cell on the active worksheet, use the following procedure:

   Sub Calc()
       ActiveCell.Calculate
   End Sub
                

To recalculate a range on the active worksheet, use the following procedure:

   Sub Calc_Range()
       Range("A1:D1").Calculate
   End Sub
                

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