Further research reveals the issue is with formatting, in particular borders, affecting the value of cells. I will attach a new spreadsheet demonstrating the issue. I have also filed a bug at LibreOffice:
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72969 Steps to reproduce: See attached spreadsheet (bug-format-affects-value.ods). The first line has no formatting and behaves as expected. The second line has a border on cell B2 and the value of that cell is affected. Current behavior: Cell C2 displays the value "Failed". If the value of cell B2 is copied and pasted as text the value pasted is "foobar ". Expected behavior: Cell C2 displays the value "Passed" like the cell C1. If the value of cell B2 is copied and pasted as text the value pasted is "foobar". ** Bug watch added: LibreOffice Bugzilla #72969 https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72969 ** Attachment added: "Simplified example spreadsheet demonstrating the issue" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1263326/+attachment/3934242/+files/bug-format-affects-value.ods -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263326 Title: #VALUE doesn't propagate correctly subtracting text from numbers Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc libreoffice-calc: Installed: 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen via a terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1263326/+attachment/3933694/+files/bug.ods && localc --nologo bug.ods is that cell H6 shows the expected value of $4081.03. 4) What happens instead is it shows #VALUE. WORKAROUND: if one inserts a row, and then removes the row, it shows the expected $4081.03. WORKAROUND: Change all formulas containing: "" to the number zero: 0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: libreoffice-calc 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Dec 21 07:59:29 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-18 (397 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-10 (40 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1263326/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
