Using Excel 2007 may not add up

Iria · Sep 26, 2007, 08:09 PM

Source: Tech-Ex
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Shades of the Intel Pentium floating point bug (not only do I remember that bug, I even recall receiving a replacement Pentium). A Microsoft developer has confirmed on the Excel blog yesterday that there's an issue with certain calculations in Excel 2007 that result in the number being displayed improperly (as opposed to being calculated improperly; you could multiply the result by a number to see the value itself was correct).

Sep 26, 2007, 08:09 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Using Excel 2007 may not add up Source: Tech-Ex _______ Shades of the Intel Pentium floating point bug (not only do I remember that bug, I even recall receiving a replacement Pentium). A Microsoft developer has confirmed on the Excel blog yesterday that there's an issue with certain calculations in Excel 2007 that result in the number being displayed improperly (as opposed to being calculated improperly; you could multiply the result by a number to see the value itself was correct).