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• VBA code running (or not) on Excel in Mac. Contains a macro which is triggered by the user clicking on a picture object, and another macro which is triggered as a 'change event' when user enters anything into a particular cell. Having sent this file via email to both a Windows user and a Mac OSX user, the first macro I mentioned works fine on both.
• This shortcut will force calculation in all worksheets in all open workbooks even when cells have not been changed. We aren't aware of a keyboard shortcut to do this on the Mac. If you know of one, please let us know.
• How to Use Excel on a Mac by Keith Evans Updated September 28, 2017. Items you will need. Excel will complete the formula you started in Step 2 (by adding a right parentheses to close the formula) and display the sum of the values you selected. Performing Basic Functions in Excel: Finding the Average of Data.
• It depends on your level of proficiency with Excel, but Excel for Mac is just fine. I was a power user on PC and now am a power user on Mac. It took me just a few weeks to internalize it all. For basic operations like simple formulas, sorting.
• A formula to automatically enter a line break and force part of the text to start a new line in the same cell. Start a New Line in Excel Cell – Keyboard Shortcut. To start a new line in Excel cell, you can use the following keyboard shortcut: For Windows – ALT + Enter. For Mac – Control + Option + Enter.

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Enter a formula that refers to values in other cells. In a sheet that contains columns of numbers, click the cell where you want the formula results to appear. Type an equal sign =. Click the first cell that you want to include in your calculation. Type an operator. An operator is the kind of calculation that the formula performs.

Formulas are equations that perform calculations on values in your sheet. All formulas begin with an equal sign (=). You can create a simple formula by using constant and calculation operator. For example, the formula =5+2*3, multiplies two numbers and then adds a number to the result.

When you want to refer to variables instead of constants, you can use cell values, for example, =A1+A2. If you are working with long columns of data, or data that is located in different parts of a sheet or on another sheet, you can use a range —for example, =SUM(A1:A100)/SUM(B1:B100), which represents the division of the sum of the first hundred numbers in column A by the sum of those numbers in column B. When your formula refers to other cells, any time that you change the data in any of the cells Excel recalculates the results automatically.

You can also create a formula by using a function, a predefined formula that simplifies entering calculations.

Equal signs start all formulas.

Constants, such as numbers or text values, can be entered directly into a formula.

Operators specify the kind of calculation that the formula performs. For example, the ^ (caret) operator raises a number to a power, and the * (asterisk) operator multiplies numbers.

Functions are premade formulas that can be used alone, or as part of a longer formula. Each function has a specific argument syntax.

Cell values let you to reference an Excel cell, instead of the specific value inside the cell so that the contents of the cell can change without the function that refers to the cell having to change.

Enter a formula that refers to values in other cells

1. In a sheet that contains columns of numbers, click the cell where you want the formula results to appear.

2. Type an equal sign =

3. Click the first cell that you want to include in your calculation.

4. Type an operator. An operator is the kind of calculation that the formula performs. For example, the * (asterisk) operator multiplies numbers. In this example, use the / (forward slash) operator to divide. At this point your formula should look like this:

5. Click the next cell that you want to include in your calculation. Now your formula should look like this:

6. Press RETURN.

   The result of the calculation appears in the cell.

   Tip: To quickly apply a formula to the next cells down in the column, double-click the fill handle on the first cell that contains the formula.

Enter a formula that contains a function

1. In a sheet that contains a range of numbers, click the empty cell where you want the formula results to appear.

2. Type an equal sign and a function, for example =MIN. MIN finds the smallest number in a range of cells.

3. Type an opening parenthesis, select the range of cells that you want to include in the formula, and then type a closing parenthesis.

4. Press RETURN.

   In our example, the MIN function returns 11, the smallest number in cells A1 through C4.

Tips

When you enter a formula in a cell, the formula also appears in the formula bar.

Use the shortcuts in the formula bar to help you create formulas:

• Select to check your formula. If there are no errors, the cell will display the result of the formula. If there are errors, you'll see . Hover over it for an explanation of the problem, or select the drop-down for additional troubleshooting help.

• Select to revert to your previous formula.

• To select a function, use the function list.

  When you select a function, the Formula Builder opens, with additional information about the function.

See Also

The tutorial explains the basics of Excel calculation settings and how to configure them to have formulas recalculated automatically and manually.

To be able to use Excel formulas efficiently, you need to understand how Microsoft Excel does calculations. There are many details you should know about basic Excel formulas, functions, the order of arithmetic operations, and so on. Less known, but no less important are 'background' settings that can speed up, slow down, or even stop your Excel calculations.

Overall, there are three basic Excel calculations settings you should be familiar with:

Calculation mode - whether Excel formulas are recalculated manually or automatically.

Iteration - the number of times a formula is recalculated until a specific numeric condition is met.

Precision - the degree of accuracy for a calculation.

In this tutorial, we will have a close look at how each of the above settings works and how to change them.

Excel automatic calculation vs. manual calculation (calculation mode)

These options control when and how Excel recalculates formulas. When you first open or edit a workbook, Excel automatically recalculates those formulas whose dependent values (cells, values, or names referenced in a formula) have changed. However, you are free to alter this behavior and even stop calculation in Excel.

How to change Excel calculation options

On the Excel ribbon, go to the Formulas tab > Calculation group, click the Calculation Options button and select one of the following options:

Automatic (default) - tells Excel to automatically recalculate all dependent formulas every time any value, formula, or name referenced in those formulas is changed.

Automatic Except for Data Tables - automatically recalculate all dependent formulas except data tables.

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Please do not confuse Excel Tables (Insert > Table) and Data Tables that evaluate different values for formulas (Data > What-If Analysis > Data Table). This option stops automatic recalculation of data tables only, regular Excel tables will still be calculated automatically.

Manual - turns off automatic calculation in Excel. Open workbooks will be recalculated only when you explicitly do so by using one of these methods.

Alternatively, you can change the Excel calculations settings via Excel Options:

• In Excel 2010, Excel 2013, and Excel 2016, go to File > Options > Formulas > Calculation options section > Workbook Calculation.
• In Excel 2007, click Office button > Excel options > Formulas > Workbook Calculation.
• In Excel 2003, click Tools > Options > Calculation > Calculation.

Tips and notes:

1. Selecting the Manual calculation option (either on the ribbon or in Excel Options) automatically checks the Recalculate workbook before saving box. If your workbook contains a lot of formulas, you may want to clear this check box to make the workbook save faster.
2. If all of a sudden your Excel formulas have stopped calculating, go to Calculation Options and make sure the Automatic setting is selected. If this does not help, check out these troubleshooting steps: Excel formulas not working, not updating, not calculating.

How to force recalculation in Excel

If you have turned off Excel automatic calculation, i.e. selected the Manual calculation setting, you can force Excel to recalculate by using one of the following methods.

To manually recalculate all open worksheets and update all open chart sheets, go to the Formulas tab > Calculation group, and click the Calculate Now button.

To recalculate only the active worksheet as well as any charts and chart sheets linked to it, go to the Formulas tab > Calculation group, and click the Calculate Sheet button.

Another way to recalculate worksheets manually is by using keyboard shortcuts:

• F9 recalculates formulas in all open workbooks, but only those formulas that have changed since the last calculation and formulas dependent on them.
• 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. When you have the feeling that some formulas are showing incorrect results, use this shortcut to make sure everything has been recalculated.
• Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F9 checks formulas dependent on other cells first, and then recalculates all formulas in all open workbooks, regardless of whether they have changed since the last calculation or not.

Excel iterative calculation

Microsoft Excel uses iteration (repeated calculation) to compute formulas that refer back to their own cells, which is called circular references. Excel does not calculate such formulas by default because a circular reference can iterate indefinitely creating an endless loop. To enable circular references in your worksheets, you must specify how many times you want a formula to recalculate.

How to enable and control iterative calculation in Excel

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To turn on Excel iterative calculation, do one of the following:

• In Excel 2016, Excel 2013, and Excel 2010, go to File > Options > Formulas, and select the Enable iterative calculation check box under the Calculation options
• In Excel 2007, click Office button> Excel options > Formulas > Iteration area.
• In Excel 2003 and earlier, go to Menu> Tools > Options > Calculation tab > Iterative Calculation.

To change the number of times your Excel formulas can recalculate, configure the following settings:

• In the Maximum Iterations box, type the maximum number of iterations allowed. The higher the number, the more slowly a worksheet is recalculated.
• In the Maximum Change box, type the maximum amount of change between the recalculated results. The smaller the number, the more accurate the result and the longer a worksheet recalculates.

The default settings are 100 for Maximum Iterations, and 0.001 for Maximum Change. It means that Excel will stop recalculating your formulas either after 100 iterations or after a less than 0.001 change between iterations, whichever comes first.

With all the settings configured, click OK to save the changes and close the Excel Options dialog box.

Precision of Excel calculations

By default, Microsoft Excel calculates formulas and stores the results with 15 significant digits of precision. However, you can change this and make Excel use the displayed value instead of the stored value when it recalculates formulas. Before making the change, please be sure you fully understand all possible consequences.

In many cases, a value displayed in a cell and the underlying value (stored value) are different. For example, you can display the same date in a number of ways: 1/1/2017, 1-Jan-2017 and even Jan-17 depending on what date format you set up for the cell. No matter how the display value changes, the stored value remains the same (in this example, it's the serial number 42736 that represents January 1, 2017 in the internal Excel system). And Excel will use that stored value in all formulas and calculations.

Sometimes, the difference between the displayed and stored values can make you think that a formula's result is wrong. For example, if you enter the number 5.002 in one cell, 5.003 in another cell and choose to display only 2 decimal places in those cells, Microsoft Excel will display 5.00 in both. Then, you add up those numbers, and Excel returns 10.01 because it calculates the stored values (5.002 and 5.003), not the displayed values.

Selecting the Precision as displayed option will cause Excel to permanently change stored values to the displayed values, and the above calculation would return 10.00 (5.00 + 5.00). If later on you want to calculate with full precision, it won't be possible to restore the original values (5.002 and 5.003).

If you have a long chain of dependent formulas (some formulas do intermediate calculations used in other formulas), the final result may become increasingly inaccurate. To avoid this 'cumulative effect', it stands to reason changing the displayed values via custom Excel number format instead of Precision as displayed.

For example, you can increase or decrease the number of displayed decimal places by clicking the corresponding button on the Home tab, in the Number group:

How to set calculation precision as displayed

If you are confident that the displayed precision will ensure the desired accuracy of your Excel calculations, you can turn it on in this way:

1. Click the File tab > Options, and select the Advanced category.
2. Scroll down to the When calculating this workbook section, and select the workbook for which you want to change the precision of calculations.
3. Check the Set precision as displayed box.
4. Click OK.

This is how you configure calculation settings in Excel. I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!

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