I realised I was working on a csv file in excel 2013 and inserting some formulas in this csv file columns.
After I saved and came back to it, the changed values persist but the formulas do not show anymore and I need to recover these.
Is there a way? Does excel maintain formulas after it is saved and file is closed and re-opened?
is there any way I can get it back?
Probably not but you can check at: File → Open → .
That should have given you a warning by default, but if not you can enable the warning in:
<kbd>File</kbd></sup> → <sup><kbd>Options</kbd></sup> → <sup><kbd>Save</kbd></sup> : <sub>![dataloss msg][2]</sub>
Yes...
It may be possible. If it is Office 2010. Try this:
Open your excel
Go to File
Go to Manage Versions
Click Recover Unsaved Worksheets
Put your computer username in the following blank region.
C:\Users\ ______\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel
Copy the above address then
Paste in the address bar
Select the appropriate folder and see the file
Thanks
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English may not sound natural using a translator. sorry. Going to the main topic, while working on Excel, I accidentally deleted a sheet from Excel and threw it away. Is there any way I can turn it around? I've learned that I can never turn back. I have already saved.
Tried to undo such as control + z. just didn't come back.
The only way I know is to open your backup copy of the spreadsheet.
When doing important tasks I always work on a copy - if the next step or process is successful then I make another copy. This way I have a "set" of copies being the historical backup.
Excel does warn you about the consequence of deleting a, or several, sheets.
If the Excel file is saved on OneDrive (or any other cloud) or Sharepoint, you can open an old version of the file and transfer the sheet to your recent file.
If you have saved it on your hard drive and your computer is set up to save backups you can right click the file, open the options menu. There you might then see a list of past versions, from which you can get back your sheet.
I have an excel file which includes multiple tabs. In each tab, there are functions, vlookups and figures, etc. The file suddenly closed and attempts to open it was not successful.
I am using Microsoft 365.
The error message that I receive when trying to open the file:
"There are one or more circular references where a formula refers to its own cell either directly or indirectly. This might cause the to calculate incorrectly. Try removing or changing these references, or moving the formulas to different cells."
What I have tried so far:
Repair office.
Checking if the file opens on another computer: it did not open.
In new excel file: go to file/options/formulas/circulation options/select to manual. The go to target file, open using "open and repair" option. Select extract data. Select recover formulas.
I really appreciate any help
First, that's really frustrating (I know, I've been there). Second, what often works is to disable Excel's automatic formula checking temporarily. Open a blank file in Excel. Then go to File -> Options -> Formulas -> Calculation options -> then switch it from automatic to manual. That should stop Excel from checking for the error and hence from preventing you from opening your file.
We have a excel document that contains a ton of Hyperlinks to other Excel Documents & File Paths all located on our network. All of a sudden the Hyperlinks to the Excel Documents have broken, Excel will state the error below;
Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer. It is important to be certain that this file is from a trustworthy source.
Would you like to open this file? OK/Cancel
We click OK and nothing will happen. Opening file paths is still working fine and I've created another Excel document which has links to a PDF, a File Path, a Word Doc & an Excel Doc. Still only the Excel that isn't working.
I have followed several articles online that suggest how to disable the warning message,below is a well detailed article for 2007/2010 but we had tried to adapt it for 2013/6. Nothing I have tried is working, does anyone on Stack have any suggestions?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/925757/how-to-enable-or-disable-hyperlink-warning-messages-in-2007-office-pro
We are using Office 2013/6 Standard/Professional.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Many thanks,
Sean
This happens when you copy the excel file to different location:
You can do test: place hyperlink into 1 cell save it, and then copy the file to another location: you can see that hyperlink of your copied excel file would not work.
However when you choose the same file to "Save As": the hyperlink of the saved file in different location will work.
For excel internal hyperlinks (hyperlinks to other worksheet cells) similar thing happens when you rename the file: hyperlinks won't work, but they will work if you choose to "Save As".
This means, the solution to this problem would be: copy the excel file to it's original location and name it with the original name (when hyperlinks were working). In this case hyperlinks will work. Then if you need to move or rename the file: open the file from original location and select "Save AS" anywhere you would like to save, in this case hyperlinks of your saved file would work.
Conclusion: relative references to the Excel file in hyperlinks are not automatically updated when externally file is moved or renamed.
So we managed to find out what was the cause of this problem.
Microsoft are currently working on fixing this as stated in the article below, but as a quick fix you simply need to remove Windows Update KB4011051.
https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Hyperlinks-to-another-Excel-workbook-no-longer-work-after-updating-to-the-August-1-2017-update-KB-4011051-dfe0aa5c-a2ba-41b8-923a-fe0e4556f936
Thanks for the assistance,
Sean
I have a .xlsm file named A on my Laptop.
With macros it also has data validation(simple lists) applied to some cells.
I copy this file and paste it in a network shared folder so that it is visible on PC 1. ( I saved it by the name B.).
I open the file B on my laptop, it works fine.
Now I go to the PC 1 where I had copied it, and open it on the PC.
On opening the file B, I find that the macros work fine, but the data validation is not working. Those cells don't even show arrows.
Note: My laptop has Excel 2013, and the PC has excel 2007.
I don't understand if its a version difference problem or security problem or something else.
Hope I have been clear in explaining my doubt.
Please let me know where am I going wrong.
Looking Forward,
Thanks a lot in advance.
This may not be what you are experiencing, but we had a similar issue not too long back, can you check if the Objects are visible?
File > Options > Advanced > Display options for this workbook > Objects > Show > All
Any recommendation on having a shared excel file auto-refresh itself?
We will need 3 users of an excel file on the fileserver. One user will be making changes. Others are read-only, but they must see the change as quickly as possible. Any pointers on how to do this?
In your excel file you need to enable workbook sharing (in 2007 it's the Review Ribbon, Share Workbook). On the advanced tab you can set the "Update changes" to an interval as low as 5 minutes and set it to "Just see other users' changes".
Jesse
Not sure if anyone is still interested in this but there are far more sophisticated tools to do this now.
Checkout https://www.ipushpull.com
Disclaimer (just so I don't get too much hate): I am affiliated with ipushpull
Depends on what server tools you're working with.
If it's just a shared excel file on a server, if one user has it open others will only be allowed to open a read only version, regardless of what their permissions are. When the first user saves their changes, other users can view the updates by reopening the file (again, in read only mode if the first user still has the file open, and/or if their permissions are set to read only).
If you're on a system like sharepoint you can do the kinds of things you're looking for.
This may help:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/overview-of-sharing-and-collaborating-on-excel-data-HA010089896.aspx
Save main excel file (A) on the server and give access to editor so that he can edit. Copy same file and name it (B) and link it to main file (A) to read data and protect. You can do this simply by referencing respective cells to main file. Distribute copies of file (B) to users to read the data.
How to link?: Open both files on your PC, in file (B) Sheet-1 click in Cell A1, type = and go to File (A) Sheet-1 and click in Cell A1. In formula bar if cell reference is absolute ('[(A).xlsx]Sheet1'!$A$1) change it to normal ('[(A).xlsx]Sheet1'!A1) by hitting F4 3 times. and hit Enter. Cell A1 in File (B) has been linked to respective cell in main file (A).
Now select cell A1 in file (B) and drag it towards last required cell on right then select line 1 and drag downwards as required. Now the whole page is linked back to your file (A). Similarly do for other sheets. Any changes done on file (A) will reflect in File (B) in real time if both are open, otherwise on reopening file (B) you will be asked to update, click yes and that is it. Hope this helps.