[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Possible change of Calc option : Expand references when new columns/rows are .. ?

Eike Rathke erack at redhat.com
Wed Mar 20 06:36:08 PDT 2013


Hi Cor,

On Thursday, 2013-03-14 11:25:43 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote:

> Working with users, I quite often have the impression that it's
> wrong that the setting
>  Tools > Options > Calc > General >
>    Expand references when new columns/rows are inserted
> is set to OFF by default.
> 
> Objections to change that to ON ?

It may have unwanted effects, most users probably are not aware that
every (!) expression that references an adjacent range would have that
range extended and suddenly calculate differently, probably even
silently. Those users who are aware can easily change that option.

  Eike

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