- EXCEL FOR MAC 2011 DISPLAYING FORMULA INSTEAD OF VALUE VERIFICATION
- EXCEL FOR MAC 2011 DISPLAYING FORMULA INSTEAD OF VALUE WINDOWS
We can view the XML version of the clipboard with a clipboard viewer, and see that Excel put the wrong values on the clipboard (zeroes are dropped). We are 100% sure that the bug is within Excel, and not within Prism. How we know it is an Excel bug and not a Prism bug With this format, there is no ambiguity about column titles or decimal separators. With one of these formats, the results of the formula =1/3 appears as 0.3333333, even if only "0.3" shows in Excel. This version includes more details, and includes the value in two formats. Prism 5.0c, by default, uses the HTML (XML) rendition of the clipboard. And there are problems with multiword column titles, especially if those titles include a comma. If the cell was computed as 1/3, and formated to show 0.3, that is all that could be pasted into Prism. And there was a problem that only the digits you saw on the Excel screen were pasted. Earlier versions of Prism pasted the plain text rendition. When you copy a block of values in Excel, it puts those values on the clipboard in multiple formats. It only happens when you use the Paste command, or use Paste Special and check the option in Prism's Paste Special dialog to paste as many digits as possible. If you copy only the text within one cell, the value pastes fine. It happens only when you copy a block of data with at least two cells or an entire cell. We've seen the problem only with the GEOMEAN() and EXP() functions, although it is possible others are affected as well. It happens only with results computed by certain Excel functions. It happens only with integers ending in zero. The problem does not occur with values you enter in Excel, but only with results calculated in Excel.
EXCEL FOR MAC 2011 DISPLAYING FORMULA INSTEAD OF VALUE WINDOWS
Windows versions of Excel don't have this bug.
The bug is only within Excel 2008 (as far as we know). This problem only occurs Prism Mac 5.0c and later. This means the data pasted into Prism may differ substantially from the data created in Excel. In rare cases, a trailing zero is dropped. What could be simpler? But there is a problem. Copy results calculated in Excel Mac 2008, and paste into a data table in Prism Mac 5.0c. Reset your formatting string to a "known good" string - the generic ones provided in the Format:Numbers box.įinally, check conditional formatting by breaking down to one (1) condition at a time to isolate the condition which isn't working.The situation seems so simple. If the cell check confirms the cell is equal to Zero, yet is being formatted incorrectly: tackle the in-cell formatting followed by the conditional formatting (if any).įirst, check carefully your custom number-formatting string. add 1/3 and subtract 0.33 - balance is non-zero.) (You may have a very small rounding error, e.g.
EXCEL FOR MAC 2011 DISPLAYING FORMULA INSTEAD OF VALUE VERIFICATION
Set up an "indicator" or verification cell formula to verify: is the running balance cell equal to Zero (TRUE or FALSE)? Is it greater than Zero (again, TRUE or FALSE)? If you can verify that the value, displayed as "0.00" is in fact greater than zero - you can trace why you have a formula leaving you with a very small value and not zero. Unfortunately, without a sample spreadsheet, we need to start with a debugging exercise- is this a formatting problem or a formula problem? Here's one way to approach the debugging. When I change the formula back to straight addition (the same as in the conditional formula), the zeros are suppressed again.ĭoes anyone have any idea what is going in with this? (I formatted positives as blue and the 0.00 was blue) I have done many alterations to the format and formula to figure out why and all I can come up with is that the zero is being taken as a positive zero instead of just zero. The cells containing zero results prior to any values in D cells are working (not displaying zeros), but once the running balance column E was not equal to zero and then calculated back to zero, that cell and the cells after carrying a zero balance are displayed as 0.00 The new formula being =if(A1>today(),E3+D4), where A1 is every week day of the year. The problem came when I changed it to a conditional calculation to avoid any cell results in future rows. E4 is =E3+D4, and the result is zero, the zeros are suppressed. I have a running balance column (E) with the custom number format of #,#0.00 -#,#0.00 when I use the simple calculation in the cells ie. I am having a very frustrating problem with zero values in a conditional calculation.
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