Lets not pretend like there wouldn't be dozen of quality and actually used software if it wasn't for microsoft existing.

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eitland 5 days ago | parent [-]

I actively prefer Libre Office.

Yes, Excel is probably a lot better if you use English setup and advanced functions.

For me,

- not having to use Norwegian for formulas (my work machine has Norwegian setup and Excel insists on using Norwegian formulas)

and

- not having it trying to find something it can misinterpret as a date, preferably some random place in a list of thousands of items

makes it worth it.

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eisa01 5 days ago | parent [-]

Just change your windows display language to English?

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alexvitkov 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Should I also change it on my mother's computer who doesn't speak English? We can also start distributing .bat files that change the system language along with our spreadsheets, for anyone who wants to open them. Maybe automate it with VBS, so it changes automatically when you open the spreadsheet. That's the solution.

	▲	rickdeckard 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		The VBS should then also lock the spreadsheet to foreground while it's opened, because the global change may affect other apps, like Windows Calculator may swap the comma/thousand separator. Will write a user story for that if you share the link /s

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eitland 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Work computer, so I might not be able to do it.

Also, why shouldn’t I be able to choose which language I use in Excel when they’re clearly all available?

Why do software companies these days insist on treating me as though I can’t look after myself?