[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1263326] Re: #VALUE doesn't propagate correctly subtracting text from numbers

2013-12-22 Thread Ray DeCampo
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

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1263326] Re: #VALUE doesn't propagate correctly subtracting text from numbers

2013-12-21 Thread Ray DeCampo
Christopher, the calculation in H6 of H5-D6 is protected by the IF() function, ensuring that we do not use H5-D6 when D6 is . In fact, the cell has the proper value when other things are changed that should not affect this bug. As I stated in my original description, this includes ordering the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1263326] Re: #VALUE doesn't propagate correctly subtracting text from numbers

2013-12-21 Thread Ray DeCampo
Further investigation reveals that the issue is that the cell D6 is incorrectly evaluated to the value instead of the value . This can be verified by copying the cell D6 and pasting just the text into another cell. So perhaps it is related to the same issue that is causing the cells in the F

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1263326] Re: #VALUE doesn't propagate correctly subtracting text from numbers

2013-12-21 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Ray DeCampo, thank you for your comments. I'm comparing the results to Excel from a feature parity expectation perspective, so this is why my expectations were different. However, LibreOffice has on a number of occasions developed past Excel for the better (ex. making functions more precise than