On 27/08/16 00:13, M Henri Day wrote:
This *Wapo* article (
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/26/an-alarming-number-of-scientific-papers-contain-excel-errors/)
- while dealing more specifically with Microsoft's Excel, should, as noted
in the next-to-last paragraph, give even LibreOffice developers pause. If
the claim that LibreOffice behaves like Microsoft Office in this particular
respect is indeed true, then I submit that some attention should be devoted
to making turning off autoformatting in Calc easier for users....
Henri
As a research scientist of over 28 years, I do NOT believe the problem
is with the spread sheet software but merely due to poor proof reading
of the author and (presumably papers are sent for independent review
before publication) by the independent reviewer. If this problem has
been known for 10 years then even more shame on the authors and
reviewers. Spreadsheets are meant for mathematical use (hence Open
Office Calc). If you use a program for something other than it primary
purpose the you need to take steps to ensure the appropriate steps to
protect your data integrity.
Regards
Peter
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