Excel: Formulas Dependent on DDE Links Always Recalculate

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q75828

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh version 3.0, if a formula refers to a cell that contains a dynamic data exchange (DDE) link, and the DDE link updates, the formula will recalculate even if manual calculation is set. This is true of any formulas that are in any way dependent on the DDE link, whether directly or indirectly.

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The following formula is an example of a DDE link: 

   ='ComputerName@Zone:Excel'|Worksheet1!'R1C1'

KBCategory: kbother
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Additional reference words: noupd

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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