Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-13 Thread Kaj

First: I missed sending to the list, so here again is my posting.

Ok, I admit. I am the moron. Still I do not see the problem. Calc does 
not behave the way describe. If you insert a new cell, all its 
neighbours are influenced, and you yourself chose how, via the dialogue: 
Move down , Move right, New line or New column (ok I did not 
quote the headers correctly, but I am convinced you understand). No 
other option is given. So after a cell insertion with option Move 
right the neighbours really have new positions one step ahead of the 
original one. To me, what you describe, Brian, the situation is not 
inserting a new cell, but a new value, possibly clearing the old one, 
into cell A1, without changing the structure. Am I correct? If so, the 
solution is already given by Mark in this thread, namely cell 
protection. If this is done in an appropriate way, and the user changes 
the value an allowed cell, no spreadsheet program in this world can 
hinder that (or warn for it).


I honestly try to understand the core of the original question, but I 
cannot, sorry.




At 2015-02-13 04:27, Brian Barker wrote:

At 01:14 13/02/2015 +0100, you wrote:
I think have a wee difficult to understand what you are doing, as I 
do not see any error. You put constants 1 and 2 in the cells A1 and 
A2 and a sum formula in A3. Then you insert an empty cell in A1 while 
moving the existing content in the cells one step to the right. Hence 
after the insertion A2 contains the constant 1, A3 contains the 
constant 2 and A4 contains the formula. All references are relative, 
so cell A4 now is = sum(A2:A3) giving the result 3, just as before. 
That the cell A3 computes 2 is evident as it contains the constant 
you put in cell A2 before the move.


You are right that there is no problem to be solved here, but you've 
misunderstood the detail of the problem. Although you talk of moving 
content one step to the right, your subsequent description is of the 
situation if the insertion into A1 moves the rest of column A *down*.


Instead, the questioner means what he says: he inserts a new, empty 
cell into A1, moving the whole of row 1 one place to the right. A2 
still has 2 and A3 still has =SUM(A1:A2), so the formula now adds the 
2 in A2 to the value of the new empty cell A1 - interpreted as zero, 
of course.


Brian Barker - privately




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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-13 Thread Spencer Graves

 On Feb 13, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi :)
 Ok, you are not being a moron.  I wasn't trying to be funny of anything.
 The software is doing exactly the right thing and even has a little pop-up
 that people have to choose which way the existing cells have to go.  So it
 really shouldn't be a problem at all.
 
 However people often create spreadsheets to do things that would probably
 be best done in some other program.
 
 A classic is to have a long list of numbers, and then those numbers
 repeated but split out across a table into different columns.  Sometimes
 this is done using equations and codes but usually that just confuses the
 sorts of people who end-up typing the numbers in.  Then each column is
 totalled-up and the total of the columns 'should' match the total of the
 long column, of course.
 
 This type of Cash-book approach shows the total spent on each budget
 heading and then also the total amount for the period.  Ideally it would be
 done in GnuCash, Sage Instant/Line50, Quickbooks or some-such.  However
 those are quite expensive (except GnuCash which is free and therefore
 usually assumed to be not-as-good) and then there are expensive training
 programs on how to use the expensive ones.  So it's a lot cheaper for
 people (and easier for them to understand)  to just start typing numbers
 into a spreadsheet and then kinda muddle along from there.
 
 This only sometimes leads to problems, such as the sum of the whole list
 not being the same as the total of the budget headings or not matching cash
 in the bank (after eliminating expected payments and expected income that
 either isn't quite on the bank statement or hasn't been typed into the
 cash-book yet).  However when a problem DOES happen it's usually quite
 tricky to find out where things went wrong because everything still looks
 quite neat in a print-out even if the figures typed in were horribly wrong
 (we all make tpyos right?).
 
 
 So the problem is that when people insert a few cells they might well not
 realise that they are also moving cells that are part of some calculation
 either at the bottom of the sheet or elsewhere - and they might not be
 thinking about that because they are trying to juggle too many other points
 at the same time (such as is this zero-rated for tax or exempt or at a
 different level and does some of the payment have to go in one cell but a
 bit more of it appear in other columns and does this fit this column/budget
 heading or that one?)
 
 So, yes it's a user-problem, a classic pebcak but it can often be a
 reasonable error.


  Yes, but we can modify software to make it easier to use, like 
issuing a warning when a change that would break a multi-cell reference like 
this would produce an incorrect or unexpected result (usually called a bug).  
If so, the default behavior should be to issue a warning before producing the 
said incorrect or unexpected result, with the current behavior as the default 
option.  [Thanks to Tom(?) for arguing effectively for this default.]  


  Such a feature request would be appropriate if the vast majority of 
changes that would break a multi-cell reference like this are unintended.  Does 
anyone seriously suggest that's not the case?  


  Thanks to all who commented.  


  Spencer 


 Regards from
 Tom :)
 
 
 
 On 13 February 2015 at 11:52, Kaj 70147pers...@telia.com wrote:
 
 First: I missed sending to the list, so here again is my posting.
 
 Ok, I admit. I am the moron. Still I do not see the problem. Calc does not
 behave the way describe. If you insert a new cell, all its neighbours are
 influenced, and you yourself chose how, via the dialogue: Move down ,
 Move right, New line or New column (ok I did not quote the headers
 correctly, but I am convinced you understand). No other option is given. So
 after a cell insertion with option Move right the neighbours really have
 new positions one step ahead of the original one. To me, what you describe,
 Brian, the situation is not inserting a new cell, but a new value, possibly
 clearing the old one, into cell A1, without changing the structure. Am I
 correct? If so, the solution is already given by Mark in this thread,
 namely cell protection. If this is done in an appropriate way, and the user
 changes the value an allowed cell, no spreadsheet program in this world can
 hinder that (or warn for it).
 
 I honestly try to understand the core of the original question, but I
 cannot, sorry.
 
 
 
 At 2015-02-13 04:27, Brian Barker wrote:
 
 At 01:14 13/02/2015 +0100, you wrote:
 
 I think have a wee difficult to understand what you are doing, as I do
 not see any error. You put constants 1 and 2 in the cells A1 and A2 and a
 sum formula in A3. Then you insert an empty cell in A1 while moving the
 existing content in the cells one step to the right. Hence after the
 insertion A2 contains the constant 1, A3 contains the constant 2 and A4
 contains the 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Ok, you are not being a moron.  I wasn't trying to be funny of anything.
The software is doing exactly the right thing and even has a little pop-up
that people have to choose which way the existing cells have to go.  So it
really shouldn't be a problem at all.

However people often create spreadsheets to do things that would probably
be best done in some other program.

A classic is to have a long list of numbers, and then those numbers
repeated but split out across a table into different columns.  Sometimes
this is done using equations and codes but usually that just confuses the
sorts of people who end-up typing the numbers in.  Then each column is
totalled-up and the total of the columns 'should' match the total of the
long column, of course.

This type of Cash-book approach shows the total spent on each budget
heading and then also the total amount for the period.  Ideally it would be
done in GnuCash, Sage Instant/Line50, Quickbooks or some-such.  However
those are quite expensive (except GnuCash which is free and therefore
usually assumed to be not-as-good) and then there are expensive training
programs on how to use the expensive ones.  So it's a lot cheaper for
people (and easier for them to understand)  to just start typing numbers
into a spreadsheet and then kinda muddle along from there.

This only sometimes leads to problems, such as the sum of the whole list
not being the same as the total of the budget headings or not matching cash
in the bank (after eliminating expected payments and expected income that
either isn't quite on the bank statement or hasn't been typed into the
cash-book yet).  However when a problem DOES happen it's usually quite
tricky to find out where things went wrong because everything still looks
quite neat in a print-out even if the figures typed in were horribly wrong
(we all make tpyos right?).


So the problem is that when people insert a few cells they might well not
realise that they are also moving cells that are part of some calculation
either at the bottom of the sheet or elsewhere - and they might not be
thinking about that because they are trying to juggle too many other points
at the same time (such as is this zero-rated for tax or exempt or at a
different level and does some of the payment have to go in one cell but a
bit more of it appear in other columns and does this fit this column/budget
heading or that one?)

So, yes it's a user-problem, a classic pebcak but it can often be a
reasonable error.
Regards from
Tom :)



On 13 February 2015 at 11:52, Kaj 70147pers...@telia.com wrote:

 First: I missed sending to the list, so here again is my posting.

 Ok, I admit. I am the moron. Still I do not see the problem. Calc does not
 behave the way describe. If you insert a new cell, all its neighbours are
 influenced, and you yourself chose how, via the dialogue: Move down ,
 Move right, New line or New column (ok I did not quote the headers
 correctly, but I am convinced you understand). No other option is given. So
 after a cell insertion with option Move right the neighbours really have
 new positions one step ahead of the original one. To me, what you describe,
 Brian, the situation is not inserting a new cell, but a new value, possibly
 clearing the old one, into cell A1, without changing the structure. Am I
 correct? If so, the solution is already given by Mark in this thread,
 namely cell protection. If this is done in an appropriate way, and the user
 changes the value an allowed cell, no spreadsheet program in this world can
 hinder that (or warn for it).

 I honestly try to understand the core of the original question, but I
 cannot, sorry.



 At 2015-02-13 04:27, Brian Barker wrote:

 At 01:14 13/02/2015 +0100, you wrote:

 I think have a wee difficult to understand what you are doing, as I do
 not see any error. You put constants 1 and 2 in the cells A1 and A2 and a
 sum formula in A3. Then you insert an empty cell in A1 while moving the
 existing content in the cells one step to the right. Hence after the
 insertion A2 contains the constant 1, A3 contains the constant 2 and A4
 contains the formula. All references are relative, so cell A4 now is =
 sum(A2:A3) giving the result 3, just as before. That the cell A3 computes 2
 is evident as it contains the constant you put in cell A2 before the move.


 You are right that there is no problem to be solved here, but you've
 misunderstood the detail of the problem. Although you talk of moving
 content one step to the right, your subsequent description is of the
 situation if the insertion into A1 moves the rest of column A *down*.

 Instead, the questioner means what he says: he inserts a new, empty cell
 into A1, moving the whole of row 1 one place to the right. A2 still has 2
 and A3 still has =SUM(A1:A2), so the formula now adds the 2 in A2 to the
 value of the new empty cell A1 - interpreted as zero, of course.

 Brian Barker - privately



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[libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-12 Thread Spencer Graves
I recently noticed that a complicated spreadsheet that had previously 
functioned correctly was giving wrong answers without warning.  After the usual 
wailing and gnashing of teeth, I traced the problem to a cell containing 
=C4-SUM(G11:G1016)”.  Further experimentation produced the following simple 
version of the problem:  


(1) Let A1=1, A2=2, and A3=sum(A1:A2);  A3 computes here as 3.
(2) Insert cell A1 shift right.
(3) Observe: A3 now computes as 2. This is obvious in this case but far from 
obvious in a complicated spreadsheet, where the connection between A1 and A3 is 
obscure. In such cases, For an insert that would cause an error in a reference 
like A1:A2, I believe that Calc should issue a warning something like, 
“WARNING: Insert may change the answer computed in A3. Do you want to proceed?” 
I further think there should be no default and the user should be forced to 
select either “Yes” or “No”.  


This was observed in LO 4.3.5.2, LO 4..5.0.0.alpha0 2015-02-05 00:36:56, and MS 
Excell 2003 sp3.


Should this be filed as a bug report or a feature request?  If yes, which, and 
what message should display?  


Wikipedia says, A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a 
computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected 
result, or to behave in unintended ways.”  I think this fits that definition.  
However, it may qualify as a feature request, because the fix is less than 
obvious (and it has been around for so long).  


Enjoy, Spencer 


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
I think post as a Feature Request.  If at all possible i think it's
best to post Feature Requests instead of bug-reports.  They have a
much bigger feel-good factor and i suspect they are more likely to
attract new devs.

I think there has got to be a default and i tend to prefer it if there
is one.  It can be a pain when you know the pop-up and have to do more
than just hit enter all the time.
Regards form
Tom :)




On 12 February 2015 at 20:14, Spencer Graves
spencer.gra...@prodsyse.com wrote:
 I recently noticed that a complicated spreadsheet that had previously 
 functioned correctly was giving wrong answers without warning.  After the 
 usual wailing and gnashing of teeth, I traced the problem to a cell 
 containing =C4-SUM(G11:G1016)”.  Further experimentation produced the 
 following simple version of the problem:


 (1) Let A1=1, A2=2, and A3=sum(A1:A2);  A3 computes here as 3.
 (2) Insert cell A1 shift right.
 (3) Observe: A3 now computes as 2. This is obvious in this case but far from 
 obvious in a complicated spreadsheet, where the connection between A1 and A3 
 is obscure. In such cases, For an insert that would cause an error in a 
 reference like A1:A2, I believe that Calc should issue a warning something 
 like, “WARNING: Insert may change the answer computed in A3. Do you want to 
 proceed?” I further think there should be no default and the user should be 
 forced to select either “Yes” or “No”.


 This was observed in LO 4.3.5.2, LO 4..5.0.0.alpha0 2015-02-05 00:36:56, and 
 MS Excell 2003 sp3.


 Should this be filed as a bug report or a feature request?  If yes, which, 
 and what message should display?


 Wikipedia says, A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a 
 computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or 
 unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways.”  I think this fits that 
 definition.  However, it may qualify as a feature request, because the fix is 
 less than obvious (and it has been around for so long).


 Enjoy, Spencer


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-12 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne

Brian Barker wrote:

At 12:14 12/02/2015 -0800, Spencer Graves wrote:

I recently noticed that a complicated spreadsheet that had previously
functioned correctly was giving wrong answers without warning. After
the usual wailing and gnashing of teeth, I traced the problem to a
cell containing =C4-SUM(G11:G1016). Further experimentation produced
the following simple version of the problem:

(1) Let A1=1, A2=2, and A3=sum(A1:A2); A3 computes here as 3.
(2) Insert cell A1 shift right.
(3) Observe: A3 now computes as 2. This is obvious in this case but
far from obvious in a complicated spreadsheet, where the connection
between A1 and A3 is obscure. In such cases, For an insert that would
cause an error in a reference like A1:A2, I believe that Calc should
issue a warning something like, WARNING: Insert may change the answer
computed in A3. Do you want to proceed? I further think there should
be no default and the user should be forced to select either Yes or
No.


Sorry, but I do not see how you can claim that the formula in A3 is
broken: it remains as =SUM(A1:A2) exactly as you entered it. What has
changed is that you have displaced your data and made the result of the
formula correctly different. I'm glad that Calc has allowed you to do
this. If a spreadsheet program warned you when any calculated results
might change, you would have to confirm just about every entry or change.


This was observed in LO 4.3.5.2, LO 4..5.0.0.alpha0 2015-02-05
00:36:56, and MS Excel 2003 sp3.


And perhaps in every other spreadsheet ever created?


Should this be filed as a bug report or a feature request?


Neither, I hope.


Wikipedia says, A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault
in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect
or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways. I think this
fits that definition.


I don't see that the result is incorrect and I'm sure the behaviour is
not unintended. I accept that you see this as an unexpected result, but
then expectation is in the eye of the beholder.

A couple of points:

o Spreadsheets are useful only when the (usually hidden) formulae are
appropriate and there is generally no way to ensure that this is so.
Consequently spreadsheets are a fragile way to construct a means of
computation. This is perhaps unfortunate but nevertheless true.

o One helpful technique might be, after selecting A1 and before creating
the problem by displacing its value, to use Tools | Detective  | Trace
Dependents to show where any dependent formulae are. This might help you
to rethink your change.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


Another point to add... If the problem is that spreadsheet has been 
carefully created, but used by less skilled users (who change values 
they shouldn't, overwrite formulas, insert extra cells where they break 
formulas etc.), you can guard against that with cell protection. By 
default, all cells are marked to be protected if the sheet is protected, 
although the sheet is not protected by default. Steps to make use of 
this are:

- Create the spreadsheet as normal
- For each cell or range of cells which the user needs to modify:
  - Select the cell (or range of cells)
  - Format  Cells  Cell Protection  Untick Protected  OK
- For each sheet containing cells to be protected:
  - Tools  Protect Document  Sheet, optionally enter a password  OK

If you later need to make changes to the protected cells, go to Tools  
Protect Document  Sheet. You'll have to enter the password if you set 
one (so don't forget it!) Once you're done, enable the protection again 
(entering the password again if you want to use one).


If you don't set a password, the sheet will still be protected against 
accidental changes, but can be unprotected without entering a password 
so doesn't stop people who are determined to break it. That's probably 
good enough for most purposes. Then again, I doubt the protection is 
very secure anyway (unless the document is somehow encrypted to allow 
reading but not modification of the protected cells), so while it would 
take a bit more skill and determination to get around a password it may 
still be possible.


I'd suggest not using the same password as you do for anything else that 
needs to be secure (not that you'd use the same password for more than 
one thing anyway, of course...). Older versions of MS Office stored its 
equivalent of that password in the file with a relatively simple 
obfuscation, so it was possible to extract the password from the file. 
LibreOffice and newer versions of MS Office are probably better, but I 
still wouldn't like to bet my bank account on it ;o)


Mark.


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-12 Thread Brian Barker

At 12:14 12/02/2015 -0800, Spencer Graves wrote:
I recently noticed that a complicated spreadsheet that had 
previously functioned correctly was giving wrong answers without 
warning. After the usual wailing and gnashing of teeth, I traced the 
problem to a cell containing =C4-SUM(G11:G1016). Further 
experimentation produced the following simple version of the problem:


(1) Let A1=1, A2=2, and A3=sum(A1:A2); A3 computes here as 3.
(2) Insert cell A1 shift right.
(3) Observe: A3 now computes as 2. This is obvious in this case but 
far from obvious in a complicated spreadsheet, where the connection 
between A1 and A3 is obscure. In such cases, For an insert that 
would cause an error in a reference like A1:A2, I believe that Calc 
should issue a warning something like, WARNING: Insert may change 
the answer computed in A3. Do you want to proceed? I further think 
there should be no default and the user should be forced to select 
either Yes or No.


Sorry, but I do not see how you can claim that the formula in A3 is 
broken: it remains as =SUM(A1:A2) exactly as you entered it. What 
has changed is that you have displaced your data and made the result 
of the formula correctly different. I'm glad that Calc has allowed 
you to do this. If a spreadsheet program warned you when any 
calculated results might change, you would have to confirm just about 
every entry or change.


This was observed in LO 4.3.5.2, LO 4..5.0.0.alpha0 2015-02-05 
00:36:56, and MS Excel 2003 sp3.


And perhaps in every other spreadsheet ever created?


Should this be filed as a bug report or a feature request?


Neither, I hope.

Wikipedia says, A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault 
in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an 
incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways. I 
think this fits that definition.


I don't see that the result is incorrect and I'm sure the behaviour 
is not unintended. I accept that you see this as an unexpected 
result, but then expectation is in the eye of the beholder.


A couple of points:

o Spreadsheets are useful only when the (usually hidden) formulae are 
appropriate and there is generally no way to ensure that this is so. 
Consequently spreadsheets are a fragile way to construct a means of 
computation. This is perhaps unfortunate but nevertheless true.


o One helpful technique might be, after selecting A1 and before 
creating the problem by displacing its value, to use Tools | 
Detective  | Trace Dependents to show where any dependent formulae 
are. This might help you to rethink your change.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-12 Thread Kaj
I think have a wee difficult to understand what you are doing, as I do 
not see any error. You put constants 1 and 2 in the cells A1 and A2 and 
a sum formula in A3. Then you insert an empty cell in A1 while moving 
the existing content in the cells one step to the right. Hence after the 
insertion A2 contains the constant 1, A3 contains the constant 2 and A4 
contains the formula. All references are relative, so cell A4 now is = 
sum(A2:A3) giving the result 3, just as before. That the cell A3 
computes 2 is evident as it contains the constant you put in cell A2 
before the move.


So sorry, I am not clever enough to realize your problem.


Den 2015-02-12 21:14, skrev Spencer Graves:

I recently noticed that a complicated spreadsheet that had previously functioned 
correctly was giving wrong answers without warning.  After the usual wailing and 
gnashing of teeth, I traced the problem to a cell containing 
=C4-SUM(G11:G1016)”.  Further experimentation produced the following simple 
version of the problem:


(1) Let A1=1, A2=2, and A3=sum(A1:A2);  A3 computes here as 3.
(2) Insert cell A1 shift right.
(3) Observe: A3 now computes as 2. This is obvious in this case but far from 
obvious in a complicated spreadsheet, where the connection between A1 and A3 is 
obscure. In such cases, For an insert that would cause an error in a reference 
like A1:A2, I believe that Calc should issue a warning something like, 
“WARNING: Insert may change the answer computed in A3. Do you want to proceed?” 
I further think there should be no default and the user should be forced to 
select either “Yes” or “No”.


This was observed in LO 4.3.5.2, LO 4..5.0.0.alpha0 2015-02-05 00:36:56, and MS 
Excell 2003 sp3.


Should this be filed as a bug report or a feature request?  If yes, which, and 
what message should display?


Wikipedia says, A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a 
computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected 
result, or to behave in unintended ways.”  I think this fits that definition.  
However, it may qualify as a feature request, because the fix is less than obvious 
(and it has been around for so long).


Enjoy, Spencer





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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc fails to warn when insert cell breaks sum(A1:A2)

2015-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
I'm guessing you are a fairly logical and astute thinker rather than a
typical office drone or a typically tech-averse accountancy person.

Yes there is no problem unless the user is a moron.  Sadly many of us
often are a bit moronic from time to time.

The suggestion was to maybe write a feature request to guard against
user-error or pebkac problems.
Regards from
Tom :)


On 13 February 2015 at 00:14, Kaj 70147pers...@telia.com wrote:
 I think have a wee difficult to understand what you are doing, as I do not
 see any error. You put constants 1 and 2 in the cells A1 and A2 and a sum
 formula in A3. Then you insert an empty cell in A1 while moving the existing
 content in the cells one step to the right. Hence after the insertion A2
 contains the constant 1, A3 contains the constant 2 and A4 contains the
 formula. All references are relative, so cell A4 now is = sum(A2:A3) giving
 the result 3, just as before. That the cell A3 computes 2 is evident as it
 contains the constant you put in cell A2 before the move.

 So sorry, I am not clever enough to realize your problem.


 Den 2015-02-12 21:14, skrev Spencer Graves:

 I recently noticed that a complicated spreadsheet that had previously
 functioned correctly was giving wrong answers without warning.  After the
 usual wailing and gnashing of teeth, I traced the problem to a cell
 containing =C4-SUM(G11:G1016)”.  Further experimentation produced the
 following simple version of the problem:


 (1) Let A1=1, A2=2, and A3=sum(A1:A2);  A3 computes here as 3.
 (2) Insert cell A1 shift right.
 (3) Observe: A3 now computes as 2. This is obvious in this case but far
 from obvious in a complicated spreadsheet, where the connection between A1
 and A3 is obscure. In such cases, For an insert that would cause an error in
 a reference like A1:A2, I believe that Calc should issue a warning something
 like, “WARNING: Insert may change the answer computed in A3. Do you want to
 proceed?” I further think there should be no default and the user should be
 forced to select either “Yes” or “No”.


 This was observed in LO 4.3.5.2, LO 4..5.0.0.alpha0 2015-02-05 00:36:56,
 and MS Excell 2003 sp3.


 Should this be filed as a bug report or a feature request?  If yes, which,
 and what message should display?


 Wikipedia says, A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a
 computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or
 unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways.”  I think this fits that
 definition.  However, it may qualify as a feature request, because the fix
 is less than obvious (and it has been around for so long).


 Enjoy, Spencer




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