Why Does Excel Recalculate All Open Workbooks?
Because a Number of Excel's Calculation Settings Work at the Application Level (They Are the Same for All Open Workbooks), and Are Set by the First Workbook...
Because a number of Excel's calculation settings work at the application level (they are the same for all open workbooks), and are set by the first workbook opened, they may appear to change randomly depending on the sequence in which workbooks are opened. FastExcel Version 2 allows you to solve many of these problems.
How do I stop Excel from auto calculating?
On the Excel Options dialog box, click Formulas in the menu on the left. Scroll down to the Calculation options section and select Manual to prevent the formulas from being calculated every time you make a change to a value, formula, or name or open a worksheet containing formulas.
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Do you want Excel to recalculate all formulas when this workbook is opened?
Shift + F9 recalculates changed formulas in the active worksheet only. Ctrl + Alt + F9 forces Excel to recalculate absolutely all formulas in all open workbooks, even those that have not been changed.
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