Thanks.
On 4/10/2020 6:52 AM, BMCS wrote:
NO. I am not proposing or considering anything of the kind. I was simply
replying to a question that was raised.
My post said *_IF_* we were looking for an alternative name, NOT that we
should be changing anything.
BTW. Congratulations on your election.
Regards
Dave
On 10/04/2020 14:35, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
I hope you are not seriously considering changing names that have been
the same as long as I can remember (well, maybe not quite back to
Visicalc, the first spread sheet I used).
On 4/10/2020 6:03 AM, BMCS wrote:
On 10/04/2020 13:03, Peter Kovacs wrote:
Am 10.04.20 um 13:02 schrieb Dave:
My response is in-line with your original post.
On 10/04/2020 10:02, Peter Kovacs wrote:
Does anyone remeber the thinking behind this or has it been always
like
this and I just never knew.
To the best of my recollection it has been this way since Sun open
sourced OOo in 2001.
I suspected as much from Pedro's explanation.
I mean I would not notice it if I had not to describe it to someone
else.
Just out of curiosity, what would you consider to be a better
terminology to use for that tab. Obviously the word "Text" would be a
misnomer, since spreadsheet calculations cannot be performed on plain
text, without some form of prior conversion into a numeric format.
an interesting question. Hard to answer.
My choice would be cell characteristics.
If we were looking for an alternative name for the "Format Cells" dialog
that might be a suitable candidate, but the tabs (Font, Font Effects,
Alignment, Borders, Background) are all "Cell Characteristics". We could
then start debating whether or not "Cell Protection" is a characteristic
of a cell :)
I am perfectly comfortable with "Number", but if a change of that tab
name was deemed necessary my vote would go to something like "Type" or
"Class".
Just my 2c worth.
Regards
Dave
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