[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
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XL updates open workbooks only when it believes something has changed.
To force an update every x seconds, use a programmatic solution. Look
up OnTime in XL VBA help or search the google.com archives of the XL
NGs for that keyword.
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