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2020 article with this update: Update October 24th, 2023, 11:25AM ET: Microsoft has updated Excel on Windows and macOS, adding a toggle to turn off automatic d
by k310 3y ago
2020 article with this update:
Update October 24th, 2023, 11:25AM ET: Microsoft has updated Excel on Windows and macOS, adding a toggle to turn off automatic data conversion. The original version of this article continues below.
- alentred 3y agoThank God they added a toggle and not an on-by-default fuzzy matching where "MARCHF1" would still yield "March 1st". What a pity if the genes had to be renamed again and again, playing hide-and-seek with Excel. I am not usually sarcastic, but can't help it, sorry. Also, I do think this is a very much a possibility.
- ClassyJacket 3y agoHow did we not have that feature in, like... 1993?