why is MS Excel a file nazi?

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TruePaige

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Originally posted by: Sqube
I will readily admit to noob status with the software. Like I said, maybe my shitty experience has hidden its glories from me. Tell me what you would do if, every time you saw the software, someone was complaining because they were running into the character limit for a fucking cell and wanted you to "fix" it.

I would beat them to death.

Oh hey, GodlessAstronomer, thought you never used Excel?
 

TridenT

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Originally posted by: TruePaige
Originally posted by: Sqube
I will readily admit to noob status with the software. Like I said, maybe my shitty experience has hidden its glories from me. Tell me what you would do if, every time you saw the software, someone was complaining because they were running into the character limit for a fucking cell and wanted you to "fix" it.

I would beat them to death.

Oh hey, GodlessAstronomer, thought you never used Excel?

Yeah, hey, what's up with that?
I mean really, what hey?
 

InverseOfNeo

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Originally posted by: LS21
Originally posted by: Aikouka
You must set ze werkbook to Shared! It is under ze Tools menu!

is there a way I can set this to default behavior?

Record a macro that runs by default when you create a new Excel workbook.
 

Phoenix86

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Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I just love when people use Excel for something that should be relegated to a proper database.

If only there was a program built into office that allowed multiple users access to a table at the same time. Better yet, you could have multiple tables that relate to each other instead of 25 separate documents!

;)
 

ebaycj

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Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I just love when people use Excel for something that should be relegated to a proper database.

Or MS Access, it's just as bad.
 

ebaycj

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Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I just love when people use Excel for something that should be relegated to a proper database.

If only there was a program built into office that allowed multiple users access to a table at the same time. Better yet, you could have multiple tables that relate to each other instead of 25 separate documents!

;)

FAIL.

The answer IS NEVER Microsoft Access.

Try again.


 

Aves

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
The first person that mentions open office will be shot. :|

Technically, wouldn't you have to shoot yourself now? :confused::p