Re: Post-loading bug (fixed?)

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 09:23:23PM +0000, Nick Lamb wrote:
> The wide text problem can be seen in any Excel file with suitably wide
> text strings, so that they should be written over adjacent (empty) cells
I can not replicate this.  When loading a test file containing a
single cell that spans and loading it the span appears as expected.
 
> The values problem isn't so much that the _wrong_ value is shown, but
> that NO value is shown for some formulae until F9 is pressed (or 
> Gnumeric recalculates the value for some other reason). Since this is
> not a known fixed problem I will create a Bugzilla entry and attach
> an example sheet.
please, having a sample and specific instructions make my life much
easier.
 
> I have also obtained samples of the MS Works spreadsheet format, which
> appears to be similar to Excel (BIFF, and then later OLE wrapped BIFF)
> but different enough that without documentation it may be too much
> effort to reverse engineer, we shall see.
Lovely.