Agent641@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agowhen you import some data into Excel and it tries to format all your number fieldslemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11
arrow-up132arrow-down1imagewhen you import some data into Excel and it tries to format all your number fieldslemmy.worldAgent641@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareIdentity3000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIn case you’re not aware, the latest version of Excel absolutely DOES have that setting (mentioned elsewhere here in the comments). While it’s wild that it took so long, it’s now a solvable problem and everyone should know about it (and upgrade)!
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt should be, and should always have been defaulting to the “dont fuck about with my data” setting. Because there really aren’t too many scenarios where I want my barcodes abbreviated to scientific notation.
In case you’re not aware, the latest version of Excel absolutely DOES have that setting (mentioned elsewhere here in the comments). While it’s wild that it took so long, it’s now a solvable problem and everyone should know about it (and upgrade)!
It should be, and should always have been defaulting to the “dont fuck about with my data” setting.
Because there really aren’t too many scenarios where I want my barcodes abbreviated to scientific notation.