• bob_lemon@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    It’s Microsoft. For some insane reason, excel formulas are localized. E.g. German Excel uses “SUMME()” instead of “SUM()”.

    It’s insanely annoying because it sport of makes it more difficult to ask for help (I.e. only Germans might know what SVERWEIS does). And if you manage to find a solution in English, you need to translate it.

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      1 day ago

      Thank you for the explanation, I was aware of that.

      My joke was merely on the level of:

      French fucking Excel formulas