XL: Manually Recalculating a Single Cell or Range

ID: Q108799

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

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 "=" (without quotation marks) 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

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00c 7.00 8.00 XL98 XL97 XL7 XL5

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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999