Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc multiplication & division formulas acting strangely (Mac 5.2.3)

At 20:06 06/11/2016 -0500, Bonly Noname wrote:
> Today I created a spreadsheet in 5.2.3 (Mac) and each time I try to 
> do a multiplication with a decimal, Calc gives me a #NAME?. In cell 
> A1R1 =4*1.5 gives #NAME? In each spreadsheet that I've opened I get 
> the same problem. When I do 4*150%, Calc changes the formula to 
> =4*1.5 and gives 6. Then I try =4/1.5 and I get #NAME?
> [...]
> What's going on here? What should I be looking into?

This is exactly what you will see if your settings are for a locale 
which uses the comma instead of the point as the fractional separator 
(as many do). You can confirm this easily by entering (to modify your 
first example):
=4*1,5
- which should work.

You need to tell Calc to expect the point as the fractional 
separator. Before installing any application software, select 
appropriate locale settings in your operating system. Only if 
necessary, modify the settings in the application. In LibreOffice, go 
to Tools | Options... | Language Settings | Languages and make 
appropriate selections there. (Oh, on the Mac, for "Tools | 
Options..." read "LibreOffice | Preferences".)

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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