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[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

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

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 3 months ago

it's hard to put it into words.

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

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Word, yo!

[-] rucksack@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago

Commas as a decimal separator be like: Guten Tag

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And the commas between function arguments in formulas become Semicola instead

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Bonjour!

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months 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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