Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

On 11/10/2013 07:10 PM, Ady wrote:
> > Why is everyone straying away from the fact that there is a simple
> > extension developed by Cor (one of our brilliant devs) which
> > accomplishes all of this? Just curious if there's a benefit to doing
> > these formula techniques instead of just pushing a button on a nice gui
>   
> I could ask you the same type of question regarding "paste special +
> multiply by 1" method.
>
> A user might not know of the extension, or about any extension for
> that matter. A user might not use extensions, ever. Why would anyone
> need to search, install and use an extension, when other spreadsheet
> tools can apply a well-known "multiply by 1" method?
>
> In other words, if very simple spreadsheet tools (not just Excel) can
> use a very simple and well-known method, perhaps instead of thinking
> of how to incorporate the CT2N extension into the core in Calc, the
> same time could be invested to make Calc work "as expected" with
> "paste special"?
>
> To be clear, I'm not complaining, just posting my thoughts.
>
> Regards,
> Ady.
Thoughts are always appreciated in our community :-D


Best,
Joel

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