At 20:06 06/11/2016 -0500, Bonly Noname wrote:
Today I created a spreadsheet in 5.2.3 (Mac) and each time I try to
do a multiplication with a decimal, Calc gives me a #NAME?. In cell
A1R1 =4*1.5 gives #NAME? In each spreadsheet that I've opened I get
the same problem. When I do 4*150%, Calc changes the formula to
=4*1.5 and gives 6. Then I try =4/1.5 and I get #NAME?
[...]
What's going on here? What should I be looking into?
This is exactly what you will see if your settings are for a locale
which uses the comma instead of the point as the fractional separator
(as many do). You can confirm this easily by entering (to modify your
first example):
=4*1,5
- which should work.
You need to tell Calc to expect the point as the fractional
separator. Before installing any application software, select
appropriate locale settings in your operating system. Only if
necessary, modify the settings in the application. In LibreOffice, go
to Tools | Options... | Language Settings | Languages and make
appropriate selections there. (Oh, on the Mac, for "Tools |
Options..." read "LibreOffice | Preferences".)
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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