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On Feb 19, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:

At 22:51 19/02/2015 +0200, Pertti Rönnberg wrote:
From mr Asaibene's message I think it is obvious -- at least we can assume -- that he is rather 
familiar with using spreadsheets (e.g. LO/Calc) and knows the basics, ...

I don't want to be overcritical of the original questioner, but I suspect that this is not 
entirely true. Not recognising "###" and its meaning is perfectly understandable for a beginner.
Agreed I am a beginner and I feel that I have used most of my resources to try and fix my issue. 
The ### is not necessarily the the issue, not getting the expected result is. OS is Mac OS 
10.4.11. All updates installed. 
... he described a simple calculation that is all correct but showed the result that is in no 
way normal whatever his (operating)system is.

It is normal if the Formulae display option is ticked.
I will find this option take a look however I think a reinstall of the app would not have ticked 
this option.
... if a spreadsheet program (e.g. LO/Calc) does not behave or do the calculations correctly you 
may not be aware of the failures and draw wrong conclutions ...

This is entirely true! And it's a good lesson to learn: spreadsheets are by their nature fragile 
and can be relied on only if their construction has been very carefully executed.
Yes of course. When I was not getting a result in a Calc I was developing, I stopped and tried to 
get back to basics.

... a spreadsheet program is worse than worthless if you cannot trust it "150%". A couple of 
years ago I experienced some that sort of problems with LO/Calc why I still try to check the 
results in every project of importance.

Again, that is excellent advice.

Mr Asaibene's message is alarming: if a spreadsheet behaves odd in small then there can be more 
serious issues. I think mr Asaibene should post a bug report.
Not sure how to do this, but unless others are seeing this issue or can reproduce it, I think it is 
my issue. I am going back to 4.3.6.2 to see if it provides any different results.

I'm still working with the theory that Calc is operating as advertised.

Brian Barker  

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