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September 25, 2007

Math is hard....especially in Microsoft Excel

Here's a story about a major bug in MS Excel 2007

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006016o-2000331777b,00.htm

Try multiplying 850 by 77.1 - the answer should be 65535.

Excel 2007 thinks it's 100000. 

Posted at 11:23 AM in Microsoft Office, Spreadsheets |

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