Re: Date arithmetic

[Dave Feustel <dfeustel verizon net>]

On Wednesday 22 June 2005 07:01 pm, Jody Goldberg wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 05:41:27PM -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > On Wednesday 22 June 2005 03:57 pm, Richard Bumby wrote:
> > > This has been around and documented since at least version 1.0.8. 
> > >  Consult the manual for details on entering data in many cells 
> > > simultaneously or autofilling.
> >
> > I have found so far my experience with Excel stands me in good
> > stead wrt copying formulas and filling. But the part about dragging
> > the lower right corner of a cell is new to me.
>
> Gnumeric tries to provide XL compatibility as an option.  The drag
> handle on the cursor for autofill is an XL feature.

What does XL  stand for? Something to do with Microsoft?
(I stopped using  Microsoft software about 3 years ago,
so I am really out of touch with its current (new) software
features).