Most common & most unusual forms of Excel abuse?

[arkusM]

THAT is just plain wrong.

Anyway, browsing the very same site I cam across this lovely little oddity.
The funny part is - it is even in the German excel version I'm using - all nicely translated...

Nice...
I wonder if the help files are run through an automated translator? They do support a lot of languages. I wonder if such translations would be as butchered as much as some the to-english translations I see in "instruction" manuals?!

 

[yytsunamiyy]

Well, if they are run through an automated translator, it is pretty good. Apart from being completly useless most of the time time anyway, the help file's language at least does not add to the confusion...

 

[tja128]

The worst situation I had received a support call on a workbook that contained a gantt chart, tasks, subtasks, and more. A novice user made the call as the manager created it and wanted the user to enter data in it. The spreadsheet used if/then statements and conditional formatting. The gannt bars were created based on entry in the tasks/dates. Yes, MS Project is annoying, but using a spreadsheet with hundreds of if/then statements was just a bad idea.

 

[texasalynn]

here is another use of excel abuse
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=370881

 

[SydneyGeek]

The worst situation I had received a support call on a workbook that contained a gantt chart, tasks, subtasks, and more. A novice user made the call as the manager created it and wanted the user to enter data in it. The spreadsheet used if/then statements and conditional formatting. The gannt bars were created based on entry in the tasks/dates. Yes, MS Project is annoying, but using a spreadsheet with hundreds of if/then statements was just a bad idea.

Yeah. they could have imported the whole thing into Visio and maintained it there...

Denis

 

[Oorang]

Hey I like project. People who bash it, usually are just upset because they have to learn something new.

 

[Angie1313]

Hey I like project. People who bash it, usually are just upset because they have to learn something new.

I have to agree. It certainly find it makes some projects much easier.