need excel help!

gtbuzz

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i've got some excel questions for you guys (and gals if you want to help too)

1) how do i round of small values to zero (without changing the number of decimals in the cell, etc.) for example, i have the value 6.63e-12, which is basically negligable, and it just clutters up my spreadsheet. how do i get rid of this?

2) is there any way to make excel work in degrees instead of in radians (short of multiplying every degree measurement by pi/180)?

on a sidenote though, something you guys might find interesting. 30-40 years ago, most of the more complex aerodynamics problems required "supercomputers" to calculate and would often take days to compute. now, a lot of work is just done in excel. and it works just as good. that is if you don't forget what units you're using :)
 

gtbuzz

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feh. i'm not relearning everything i know just to save some money. besides, nobody in industry uses star office. i can see it know.

"here's the data you wanted boss"
"what's wrong with it? i can't open it"
"star office. i use it because it's free"
"you're fired."
 

rmeijer

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simple functions may do the trick:

radians==> RADIANS(angle)

As for the other question, just format the cells to have no decimals (you won't change the number, just the display).

Does that help?
 

gtbuzz

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hrm. that helps a little bit. but i just wondering if there was a global setting i can change so that excel does things in degrees. would make my life a lot easier to be able to switch back and forth.