Thursday, October 25, 2007

The Excel Bug

Microsoft has acknowledged that there is indeed a display bug in Microsoft Office 2007


Microsoft Excel Math Problem

A bug in the new Office 2007 Excel causes a number to be displayed incorrectly. Microsoft said, that under certain specific circumstances, if a calculation yields the answer 65,535, the number will be displayed at 100,000. However, Microsoft said this is just a minor bug and only affects the display, not the actual value of the number itself. So, adding one to the answer will result to 65,536. Microsoft also said that Excel knows the real number, but shows the incorrect figure.

Well, good news: If your salary is exactly $65,535 and your company handles its payroll in Excel 2007, you may be in for a big raise! You can find more information and the patch at the Microsoft Excel team blog.

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