Excel: Automatic Versus Manual Recalculation

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q28573

SUMMARY

In Excel 3.00 both Manual and Automatic recalculations of a worksheet performs an "intelligent recalculation." This means that when you change a value in a worksheet, Excel knows which formulas need to be recalculated and recalculates only those formulas.

In Excel 2.20 when Calculation is set to Automatic an "intelligent recalculation" is done. However when a manual recalculation is performed, Excel recalculates the entire document.

For more information on calculation, see Pages 285-292 of the "Microsoft Excel User's Guide" version 3.00 manual or Pages 31-36 of the "Microsoft Excel Reference" version 2.2 manual.

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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