![]() As measured by their unfair share of the PC “wallet” over the years, MS has taken oh so much and often given the minimum. Just as Intel needs AMD and Nvidia, Microsoft needs competition and regretfully Google seems to have ceded the enterprise to them. ![]() Microsoft’s long history (OS, docs, Azure, et al) can be summed up in two words: Copycat Monopolist. One example that I do recall (documented various places) is the handling of simple Boolean algebra within Conditional Formatting, where unexpected results can require “tricking” it by re-ordering and tweaking multiple conditions. Over two punishing days I had encountered a “Dirty Dozen” but was scrambling because of a deadline and…you know…assuming that fundamental features would/should always work. I must say that over the past 2-1/2 years of intense usage I have been mortified at the bugs within Excel I wish I had catalogued the list though did not, as each time I thought “Well, this must be a singular but noteworthy exception”. This was particularly egregious as it was a simple (A-B)/B calculation, and I watched it (over and over) calculating the wrong number as I stepped through the “Evaluate Formula” debugging tool while looking at my (annoyingly created) replicated test subset file and shaking my head in wonder and disgust. ![]() ** Yes, Excel can absolutely and overtly calculate incorrectly…and Joe’s solution of deleting and re-entering the formula fixed the issue for me. Though this thread is 4-1/2 years old, I have to thank Joe and this site as well as (re)alert others: ![]()
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