Spreadsheets and precision?

[Paul Lussier]

"Bill Ricker" <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> writes:

> Every spreadsheet since VisiCalc has done floating point division and
> other basic numeric formuli in formulaic form as
>
>   =3329.10/10
>
> and used NamedFunctions() only for things without conventional (to
> business folks) infix notation.

As I said:
>> I will admit to being a complete and utter idiot when it comes to
>> spreadsheets

:)

I also said:

>> I tried the obvious of increasing the cell format to go out to
>> several decimal places.

I guess I just didn't try the *really* obvious of "just plugging in
the numbers" to see if the "obvious" would work.  I'm not sure if that
makes it obvious or not :)  But, I do feel like a real dope now!

-- 
Seeya,
Paul