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[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago

Grrman C might be fake, but German Excel isn't.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 days ago

Localised Excel formulas makes me so angry, it's hard to put it into words.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 points 4 days ago

it's hard to put it into words.

Just copy from Excel, then paste into Word. 🤷‍♂️

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

That's the problem. It's not called Word in other countries!

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[-] rucksack@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago

Commas as a decimal separator be like: Guten Tag

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And the commas between function arguments in formulas become Semicola instead

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

I remember a bug where the PC at an electrical substation was in french, so 'if' had to be changed to 'si' in the excel sheet ...

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