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Article #7559Re: Excel WARNING!!
From: John DeRosa
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1991 04:15
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1991 04:15
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Well, several people have written to say that this
ability to reduce columns and rows to zero width
or height is a feature and not a problem.
This article was a warning of a potential pitfall
of Excel, not a bug report. Geeeeze.
I AGREE, this is a nice feature, but can also be
an easy way to really mess up a novice or even
not so novice user. If you are unaware that
some columns or rows are invisible, even if
you know about this feature, you can get some
very erroneous results. In a large spreadsheet
this can readily be lost in the details.
It is far too easy to be selecting a group of rows
by the click and drag approach and inadvertantly
click on the boundry between two rows and, in the
twinkling of an eye, reduce multiple rows of
data to invisibility.
IMHO I believe that some sort of tag should be
shown, indicating that rows or columns are
hidding. Anyone seen V3.0 yet?
"Once bitten, twice shy", but I bet that I get
stung again by this problem.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!motcid!derosa From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Excel WARNING!! Message-ID: <5932@marble.UUCP> Date: 3 Mar 91 04:15:01 GMT References: <5924@crystal9.UUCP> Distribution: comp Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL Lines: 32