Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 58264
A formula could also be started with the '+', not only the "=" character .
Last modified: 2005-11-24 13:32:53 UTC
A formula could also be started with the '+', not only the "=" character. (try it in excel ...) BUT, the formula parser of OOO Spreadsheet miss to pay attention when a string is started with a '+' char. This defect, also create a misunderstandig between OOO and Excel: if I save the file in the xls format, and open it simultaneously with Ms Excel, looks what happens in the screenshot, if I simply click on that cell in Ms Excel.... For OOO the cell contains a string, for Excel a formula!! Just as an example of how is annoyng this defect, consider an everyday use of Excel: digiting the sum of some numbers or some cells... without having to digit also that annoying "=" char, that in the european keyboards needs also the shift key!! Giuliano
Created attachment 31692 [details] screenshot of OOO and Excel parsing diffrently the same string
this is a request for enhancement, not a defect
Looks like a dupe of #20496.
Exactly ! So I close it as double to Issue 20496 Frank *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 20496 ***
closed double