On Monday, February 18, 2013 18:01:16, Jack Chastain wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Matthias Johnson <
...
>    You are correct in that I can't read an ods with an android.  Never
> 
> > tried as I typically save in office formats since many people wouldn't
> > know what an ods is.
> 
> I know what odious is, but not ods. Unless the latter is the former.

.ods = OpenDocument Spreadsheet.

What's nice about the OpenDocument formats is that they are a fully documented 
format _and_ implemented how they're documented.  If you do just a bit of 
research into the OpenDocument format vs Microsoft's "Office Open XML" 
formats, you'll see why this is an important distinction.

>  As for if your install is broken maybe?  I can press save as and get a
> 
> > full list of document formats on mint and windows installs.  Can't help
> > with the formula question though.
> 
> Not sure anyone can help ;-) - what I am trying to do is get an average of
> the data in a column above the row the data is on. The average bit is easy:
> "-=AVERAGE($D$3:D3)" - That will look odd on the first line, but when you
> drag it down - say 13 rows, it becomes "=AVERAGE($D$3:D13)" - which is
> exactly right for row 13 - but if the data in rows 4-13 isn't yet present
> (this is a mileage comparator/calculator, so until time passes, it won't
> be), I want to really say "If there is information provided in cell D2,
> then give me the average, otherwise give me 0"

I've got an idea of how to deal with this.  AVG = SUM / COUNT, so... instead 
of using the AVERAGE function, use SUM(range) / COUNT(range) -- because the 
COUNT function skips over empty cells.  There's also a function to count the 
number of empty cells, if you need it.

  -- Chris

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