Screen Refresh

Hi.

I'm using Excel 97 and Windows 2000 SP4. Tools>Options>Calculation is set
to Automatic.

I have a worksheet on which three cells are giving me a problem. These
cells contain formulas dependant on other cells in the same worksheet. It
seems that these cells are being updated/calculated when I change the cells
on which they depend, but the screen is not being updated. I have to scroll
down so that those three cells can no longer be seen on the screen, and then
scroll right back up again, and then the new values can be seen. Or, I can
Alt-Tab to a different application, then right back to Excel, and then the
correct cell values are displayed. There are other cells on the same
worksheet that also contain formulas, but do not exhibit the same behavior.

I hope I have explained this well enough. Has anyone experienced similar
problems? I would appreciate some advice on how to correct this.

Thank you.

There was several issues with recalculation in early versions of Excel97.
You need Service Pack 2 (SP2) to correct these. You can check your version
in Help>About Microsoft Excel.

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"Michael H" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi.
>
> I'm using Excel 97 and Windows 2000 SP4. Tools>Options>Calculation is set
> to Automatic.
>
> I have a worksheet on which three cells are giving me a problem. These
> cells contain formulas dependant on other cells in the same worksheet. It
> seems that these cells are being updated/calculated when I change the
> cells
> on which they depend, but the screen is not being updated. I have to
> scroll
> down so that those three cells can no longer be seen on the screen, and
> then
> scroll right back up again, and then the new values can be seen. Or, I
> can
> Alt-Tab to a different application, then right back to Excel, and then the
> correct cell values are displayed. There are other cells on the same
> worksheet that also contain formulas, but do not exhibit the same
> behavior.
>
> I hope I have explained this well enough. Has anyone experienced similar
> problems? I would appreciate some advice on how to correct this.
>
> Thank you.

Niek,

Thanks for your reply. Help>About says "Microsoft Excel 97 SR-2", so it
looks like Service Pack 2 (or Service Release 2) has been installed. Any
other suggestions?



"Niek Otten" wrote:

> There was several issues with recalculation in early versions of Excel97.
> You need Service Pack 2 (SP2) to correct these. You can check your version
> in Help>About Microsoft Excel.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Niek Otten
>
> "Michael H" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm using Excel 97 and Windows 2000 SP4. Tools>Options>Calculation is set
> > to Automatic.
> >
> > I have a worksheet on which three cells are giving me a problem. These
> > cells contain formulas dependant on other cells in the same worksheet. It
> > seems that these cells are being updated/calculated when I change the
> > cells
> > on which they depend, but the screen is not being updated. I have to
> > scroll
> > down so that those three cells can no longer be seen on the screen, and
> > then
> > scroll right back up again, and then the new values can be seen. Or, I
> > can
> > Alt-Tab to a different application, then right back to Excel, and then the
> > correct cell values are displayed. There are other cells on the same
> > worksheet that also contain formulas, but do not exhibit the same
> > behavior.
> >
> > I hope I have explained this well enough. Has anyone experienced similar
> > problems? I would appreciate some advice on how to correct this.
> >
> > Thank you.
>
>
>

Maybe...

Select all the cells on the worksheet
edit|replace
what: = (equal sign)
with: = (equal sign)
replace all

Maybe it'll wake up excel???

Michael H wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I'm using Excel 97 and Windows 2000 SP4. Tools>Options>Calculation is set
> to Automatic.
>
> I have a worksheet on which three cells are giving me a problem. These
> cells contain formulas dependant on other cells in the same worksheet. It
> seems that these cells are being updated/calculated when I change the cells
> on which they depend, but the screen is not being updated. I have to scroll
> down so that those three cells can no longer be seen on the screen, and then
> scroll right back up again, and then the new values can be seen. Or, I can
> Alt-Tab to a different application, then right back to Excel, and then the
> correct cell values are displayed. There are other cells on the same
> worksheet that also contain formulas, but do not exhibit the same behavior.
>
> I hope I have explained this well enough. Has anyone experienced similar
> problems? I would appreciate some advice on how to correct this.
>
> Thank you.

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Dave Peterson

Hi Dave.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but the problem remains. If you (or
anyone else) have any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them.



"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> Maybe...
>
> Select all the cells on the worksheet
> edit|replace
> what: = (equal sign)
> with: = (equal sign)
> replace all
>
> Maybe it'll wake up excel???
>
> Michael H wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm using Excel 97 and Windows 2000 SP4. Tools>Options>Calculation is set
> > to Automatic.
> >
> > I have a worksheet on which three cells are giving me a problem. These
> > cells contain formulas dependant on other cells in the same worksheet. It
> > seems that these cells are being updated/calculated when I change the cells
> > on which they depend, but the screen is not being updated. I have to scroll
> > down so that those three cells can no longer be seen on the screen, and then
> > scroll right back up again, and then the new values can be seen. Or, I can
> > Alt-Tab to a different application, then right back to Excel, and then the
> > correct cell values are displayed. There are other cells on the same
> > worksheet that also contain formulas, but do not exhibit the same behavior.
> >
> > I hope I have explained this well enough. Has anyone experienced similar
> > problems? I would appreciate some advice on how to correct this.
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>