2008/12/20 Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knu...@gmail.com> > > 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. > > Maybe ther could be a compromise: When the "=" icon is clicked, Calc could check if there is any text in the current cell. If there is, it could check if it is a valid formula missing an "=" character. If so, insert the "=" at the beginnng of the text. If not, just replace the current text by the "=". That wouldn't be too hard to implement, would it? Maybe not too important, though… J.R.
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