![]() ![]() I have seen many cases in my career where analysts have done just that…opened a workbook with calc set to manual, opened a whole bunch of others where calc was set to auto, and then done an entire day’s work without realizing that calculation was subsequently turned off for all of them. What’s worse, when you open two workbooks, one saved in manual mode and one saved in automatic mode, they will both have the calculation mode of the first workbook opened. There’s just too much chance that someone someday will use output of such a model without remembering to set calculation to Auto. I’d never set calculation to manual if I could help it. ![]() ![]() The only option you have is to set calculation for the entire file to manual. Setting calculation to manual - or replacing formulas with values - is dangerous. Again I refer you to the draft blog post I provided a link for at Select the option Text from the menu on the left. Alternatively, you can also click the Format Cells option in the right-click menu. To change the Number Format of a cell: Select the cell or range. You need to address the fundamental design problems in your file. If you set a cell number format to Text, Excel will stop guessing what the entered value might be, and accept it as is. Note: Don’t press the Esc button after you copy some cells. This is the easiest way of copying and pasting multiple cells altogether. Again, select a range of cells where you want to paste it and press on to Ctrl + V together to paste it. Harry, further to what Luke said, this would merely address the symptoms, while effectively sweeping the root cause under the carpet. After selecting the range of cells press Ctrl + C together to copy the range of cells. ![]()
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