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Re: [LUG] excell 2006.9999

 

On Tuesday 25 September 2007 10:06, Pete Hatton wrote:
> Quoting Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > I've read there are problems with excel 2007
> > Anyone have the misfortune to use it?
> > =(8500 * 1) * 7.71 evaluates to 65535
> >
> > =850*(771/10) evaluates to 100000
> >
> > =850*(77.1) evaluates to 100000
>
> I get 65535 for all 3 answers. Athough 100000 could be right if they
> got some option on to round the number to the nearest 100000
>
> Pete Hatton
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/math-bug-found-excel
its true - I can now use excel to calculate how much to sue them for!
tom te tom te tom


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