HERE IS A MAJOR ISSUE (or is it just me making an error?)

OO version 2.0 Calc (using = 'file://.....) will now reference another Calc 
file to bring in the results of a formula from there.  (Version 1 would not do 
this, it only worked from another sheet within the same file.)
However, if there is a zero result (say, formatted $0.00) in the target cell, 
it is ignored and Calc 2.0 now picks up the result of the formula in the next 
adjacent cell of the target.  Thus in spreadsheet B, if I enter( 
='file:///C:/Doc..../spreadsheetA.ods' #$pagename.G66 ) where spreadsheet 
A/pagename has a number of columns being SUM totalled on Row 66, and if the 
result of that formula in G66 on A was $0.00 (zero) then spreadsheet B will 
display the result of the SUM in A at cell H66 (say $250.00) instead.  
Similarly, if I then copy this formula/ reference into all following columns to 
the right in spreadsheet B, they each give a result which is 1 column out of 
place.  To make matters worse, the cells in spreadsheet B display the correct 
(sought after) reference in their formula on the input line, even though they 
are producing the results of a formula from a different column in A.

This error does not occur in = a formula from another page/sheet in the same 
spreadsheet file as the recipient. That task still works correctly, as it did 
in OO 1.

Has anyone else struck this problem; or can someone tell me how to overcome it, 
please?

Kind regards,
Royce Green

28 Durran Street
TUGUN QLD 4224
AUSTRALIA

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