Bentley College switched to Office 2003 this year, and it is good for the
most part. However, there are weird problems I've never experienced with
Excel before. When using "Accounting" for a cell format type, the dollar
signs do not all line up on the left. I have made sure that ALL cells in the
column are using the same formatting. On another worksheet, I am calculating
ratios from financial statements. All I'm producing are 3 digit numbers, and
the spacing is off. There is the number 3.87 in one cell and 3.07 in the cell
below it, and the 3.07 is further to the left than 3.87. I have tried tabs,
choosing different alignment types, but they all produce the same result. My
roommate has noticed the same problems with his Excel as well. Pretty
surprising for a product that has been in existence as long as Excel.

On a separate issue, I have a column of numbers in a financial statement and
it won't let me sum the cells. I get a "#VALUE!" error, but I have verified
all the cells simply contain numbers and I'm asking nothing more than to add.
I had to manually select a cell and add it to the next, which did work -
something I would think proves that the cells contained valid and workable
data.