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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.penalver@xxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- [Upstream] [hardy] OpenOffice.org isn't able to calculate wildcards in MS excel sheets
+ Cannot calculate wildcards in MS excel sheets

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Title:
  Cannot calculate wildcards in MS excel sheets

Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite:
  In Progress
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: openoffice.org

  When opening an MS excel sheet with wildcards used in an IF statement
  the Microsoft version recognises it and uses it in the calculation,
  but OpenOffice.org doesn't, with the result the value been set to 0.
  Here's an example:

  In row 2 we've got a number of cells with codes in it, let's say
  B2...L2. In an other cell there's the formula =(COUNTIF(B2:L2;"A")).
  When OpenOffice sees the V in a cell in the list, the cell is counted
  as it should be. But when the formula is modified with wildcards in
  it:  =(COUNTIF(B2:L2;"*A*")) the V will not be recognised in the cell,
  and MS Office sees every V listed in it, also when the cell contains
  information like AW, the A will be regognised in a cell with the
  formula =(COUNTIF(B2:L2;"*A*")) and the W will be regognised in an
  other cell with =(COUNTIF(B2:L2;"*W*")) in it. This is very important
  that when a cell is marked with both characters that they should be
  extracted to both formulas, so the ASAP jobs (A) and the Waiting for
  new parts (W) will be calculated.

  This bug also includes the =(COUNTIF(B2:L2;"?A?")) question mark
  method when a cell always contains 3 characters and the middle
  character is being recognised as an A. This will also result in
  miscalculation. BTW as far as i'm well informed, the wildcards and
  question signs are undocumented features of MS Office.

  An example sheet is listed here:
  http://www.snertwerk.com/members/laurens/tmp/spreadsheet.ods

  To get OpenOffice more compatible with importing MS Office documents
  these options should be implemented.

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