Bug 153886

Summary:	Feature request: entry in calc format cells dialogue to change a text field to a formula
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	mike.hall
Component:	Calc	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	miguelangelrv
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description mike.hall 2023-02-28 16:01:26 UTC

Surprised I can't find this request anywhere.

I frequently find that entering what's intended to be a formula ends up as text. There are ways to force the cell to be a formula, but they are error prone and sometimes even when I get a simple formula to work it somehow changes back to text when edited. I have developed spreadsheets with complex formulas over many years. This is my most frustrating issue.

Request: Add entry to 'Format cells' to change selected cells with text starting with = to use the cell(s) as formulae.

Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2023-02-28 21:57:51 UTC

Please, can you attach a sample files, with samples of what doesn't work and what you expect?

Comment 2 QA Administrators 2023-08-28 03:05:54 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

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Comment 3 mike.hall 2023-08-28 07:15:22 UTC

Apologies for a slow response. The main (confidential) spreadsheets where this frequently occurs need an update, which should allow me to extract a suitable example. I don't have time or energy to do this immediately, but will attempt to comply by the end of October.

I'm surprised this has not been picked up by others, so perhaps there's something odd in what I've been doing. I'll look out for that as well.

Comment 4 QA Administrators 2023-08-29 03:18:39 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

[Automated Action] NeedInfo-To-Unconfirmed