https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101124
--- Comment #4 from Elmar <rob...@iafrica.com> ---
Buovjaga: yes, I go the same results. So this is an education issue.
Problem: MS is the dominant player and thus many will have used Excel first
before coming to Calc. Excel 2013 offers a number of options in the merge, but
all of them convert the contents to text.
What to do?
The text in Calc says: "Should the contents of the hidden cells be moved to the
first cell?"
Here are some options:
"Should the contents of the hidden cells be moved to the first cell and
converted to text?"
or
"Should the contents of the hidden cells be moved to the first cell?
Yes: convert to text
No: selected cell determines what to display in merged view"
You say 5.3 adopts the MS approach. I think there is a case to be made to keep
the up-to-Calc 5.2 approach.
The reason: have a look at the new example. If I have a formula which includes
too much text to display in a cell I can simply merge cells which I don't need
to display. This is a far more elegant solution that what is offered by Excel
2013 (which I have shown in the shaded text box.)
In Excel, the contents of the merged merged cells is lost.
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