2008/12/19 NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net> > On 12/19/2008 01:17 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > 2008/12/19 NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net> > > > >> On 12/19/2008 12:39 PM, NoOp wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > One thing that I find is, if I enter: > >> > > >> > =SUM($A$1:A1) > >> > > >> > in the B1 cell it works just fine (I just copied & pasted from your > >> > post). However, if I enter the same in the input bar, the data in the > >> > cell becomes text: =SUM($A$1:A1). But if I first click the = icon > >> > (function icon) on the input bar and then past: SUM($A$1:A1) if works > >> > properly. Can you no longer just enter '=' followed by a function in > the > >> > input bar? > >> > >> Disregard this last... I must have copied an extra space before > >> =SUM($A$1:A1). > > > > One thing that I always disliked about OpenOffice.org, somewhat related > to > > this, is the following: > > Sometimes I forgot the "=" character when entering formulas. If I did > that > > in Excel, I could just click the "=" icon, and an "=" was added right > before > > my formula. For example, if A1 contains 2+2 and I then hit the "=" icon, > A1 > > would contain =2+2. That doesn't happen with OpenOffice.org, > unfortunately. > > J.R. > > Hmmm... I just checked in MS Excel 2002 SP3 and it behaves the same as > OOo with the exception of also providing a dropdown box for various > formulae. However, MS Excel 97 does do what you wish... so I reckon that > you'd have to go back quite aways to get that function back :-) Those > are the only two versions of Excel that I have, so others might have > different results.
That makes sense. When I bought my first computer in 1998, MS Office was pre-installed. After a couple of years I switched to OpenOffice.org 1.0.3. But the two questions are: Should I start a separate thread about this What do you guys think should happen if you click the "=" icon if some text already is in the current cell? I'd prefer a "=" to be inserted before the text rather than a "=" is replacing the previous text, but that's me. J.R. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > >
