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Starting a formula with a + symbol instead of =
Anyone seen this, or better, understand it? I've a user who uses the +
symbol instead of = when editing a cell to be a formula (it's easier as you can use the num pad) So the cell originally reads (without the quotes) "84%", and then she edits it to read "+84%*10/12", however Excel then evaluates the 10/12 and changes the cell to read "+84%*0.8333333". This is not wanted. if you use the = instead the result is "=84%*10/12" A distant bell is ringing Lotus 1-2-3, but in any case - is this by design or some sort of bug? Thanks, Peter |
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Starting a formula with a + symbol instead of =
No, you have got it, backwards compatibility with Lotus, when Lotus was a
serious challenger. I must admit that I couldn't reproduce the action of changing 10/12 to 0.83333. I thought it might be some Transition setting (ToolsOptionsTransition), but nothing seemed to force it for me. -- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "P J Bryant" wrote in message ... Anyone seen this, or better, understand it? I've a user who uses the + symbol instead of = when editing a cell to be a formula (it's easier as you can use the num pad) So the cell originally reads (without the quotes) "84%", and then she edits it to read "+84%*10/12", however Excel then evaluates the 10/12 and changes the cell to read "+84%*0.8333333". This is not wanted. if you use the = instead the result is "=84%*10/12" A distant bell is ringing Lotus 1-2-3, but in any case - is this by design or some sort of bug? Thanks, Peter |
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