This is the 1st time this ever happened to me. My trace precendent tool is working, but my trace dependent tool isn't. I know for a fact that the active cell affects other cells. If I open up an older version of the file, both tools are working. It's just this month's version. I even tried starting over by opening last month's version, saving under a new name and adding the new data. As soon as I add the new tab, this is a problem.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Here’s a history of my files. January I create a file with 1 tab for the month. When February comes, I open this file, copy the January tab to a new tab, rename it February and populate the tab with February data. Then save the file under a new name. I now have 2 tabs, January & February. When March comes around, I do it again. This is fine through March. It seems that when I create the April tab, it becomes a problem. I even tried deleting the file and starting over with the March file again. But as soon as I create the April tab, the trace dependent function is gone. Also, “calculate” appears in the status bar. I have it set for automatic calculation. Even if I hit F9, it recalculates, but the status bar still says “calculate”. This didn’t bother me, but now that I see my trace dependent isn’t working, I’m concerned. I tried starting over a 3rd time and the same thing happened with the new file. It’s not happening with any other files I copy and update. This file I’m working with is fairly large, but I have many larger files that I update the same way and haven’t had any problems.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Here’s a history of my files. January I create a file with 1 tab for the month. When February comes, I open this file, copy the January tab to a new tab, rename it February and populate the tab with February data. Then save the file under a new name. I now have 2 tabs, January & February. When March comes around, I do it again. This is fine through March. It seems that when I create the April tab, it becomes a problem. I even tried deleting the file and starting over with the March file again. But as soon as I create the April tab, the trace dependent function is gone. Also, “calculate” appears in the status bar. I have it set for automatic calculation. Even if I hit F9, it recalculates, but the status bar still says “calculate”. This didn’t bother me, but now that I see my trace dependent isn’t working, I’m concerned. I tried starting over a 3rd time and the same thing happened with the new file. It’s not happening with any other files I copy and update. This file I’m working with is fairly large, but I have many larger files that I update the same way and haven’t had any problems.
