How to refresh and recalculate formulas only in a selected range of cells

When you work with large spreadsheets full of formulas, functions and cell references, it may be frustrating to wait as the spreadsheet is recalculated every time you change a single cell. In fact, it’s likely you have already switched from automatic to manual workbook calculation. And even so, you get only two options: calculate either the entire workbook, or the active worksheet. What is you need to recalculate only one table, or just one column?

The Recalculate Range feature helps do just that:

Recalculate Range is one of the 20+ features within XLTools Add-in for Excel. Works in Excel 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, desktop Office 365.

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The Recalculate Range feature will only work if you disable automatic spreadsheet calculation and switch to manual mode:

Open Formulas tab Click Calculation options In the drop-down list, check Manual.

Now automatic calculations of the workbook are disabled. Recalculation of formulas can only be triggered manually, for example through Excel shortcuts.

To recalculate a selected range only, use XLTools shortcut:

Select a range Use the keyboard shortcut combination Alt + F9 Done! All cells with formulas in the range are recalculated.

Note:if your selected range contains formulas, functions, or references that depend on another range, to get correct recalculation results, the other range must be up to date.

To force recalculate an entire workbook or a worksheet, use Excel shortcuts:

• F9 – calculate all worksheets in all open workbooks
• Shift+F9 – calculate the active worksheet
• Ctrl+Alt+F9 – calculate all worksheets in all open workbooks, regardless of whether they have changed since the last calculation
• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9 – check dependent formulas, and then calculate all cells in all open workbooks, including cells not marked as needing to be calculated

You can change the hot key combinations for the Recalculate Range at any time. Note, some shortcuts may not be available if they are reserved for other operations in Excel.

XLTools tab Settings button Shortcuts tab Set your own shortcuts OK.