Sorry to bother you you all do an excellent job, > But I think you should switch the default function format in > Libreoffice Calc to the Excel function format. No one types in semi > colons and all the books are in Excel. All the examples are in Excel. > A home key advantage is not enough to out weigh the disadvantages of > it not being standard function format ! and , . Comma is not a shift > key anyway. And you could share that Excel function format code with > OpenOffice. This should be the same as in Excel by default; at least it is for me. > Libreoffice got a good review except for calc because it not have > the exact Excel format functions. It takes to long and too confusing > for the new user (or old) to switch to semi colon. It takes to long > for people to figure out how to switch to Excel format through the menu for the > functions. No uses spreadsheet anymore, too hard to use. Set the > default to Excel function format. Thank you,
Hi Steve, (In reply to Steve Dulaney from comment #0) > > But I think you should switch the default function format in > > Libreoffice Calc to the Excel function format. No one types in semi > > colons and all the books are in Excel. All the examples are in Excel. http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ > > functions. No uses spreadsheet anymore, too hard to use. Set the > > default to Excel function format. Thank you, LibreOffice Calc has a history of ~16 years. I guess some people have used Calc in that time. Thanks for your explanation. I think there is an issue for some "first start information" I think your point is a good addition there. Regards, Cor