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Openoffice vs Kingsoft
50Twuncle
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Has anyone had the same problem as I currently have ?
When creating spreadsheets with these two free programs - it appears impossible to get Kingsoft to "hold" the £'s in a column.
What I am trying to do is create a spreadsheet of amounts of money - then add them up at the end - no problem with the addition - but when I try to add a £ sign to the front of each figure - it initially works - but when saved and reopened - it gives a "｣"
As in....
｣519.20
｣204.90
｣286.00
｣248.89
｣1,368.00
｣287.00
｣665.00
｣214.72
｣259.70
total
｣4,053.41
And spreadsheets composed in Kingsoft won't open in Openoffice !!
When creating spreadsheets with these two free programs - it appears impossible to get Kingsoft to "hold" the £'s in a column.
What I am trying to do is create a spreadsheet of amounts of money - then add them up at the end - no problem with the addition - but when I try to add a £ sign to the front of each figure - it initially works - but when saved and reopened - it gives a "｣"
As in....
｣519.20
｣204.90
｣286.00
｣248.89
｣1,368.00
｣287.00
｣665.00
｣214.72
｣259.70
total
｣4,053.41
And spreadsheets composed in Kingsoft won't open in Openoffice !!
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From what i've read it's a problem with Kingsoft software.
The font it's using might not be a standard one so the sign for "£" in Kingsoft might be different in other programs.
so a "£" in Open office comes out as "｣" in Kingsoft.
Do you need to use Kingsoft?Laters
Sol
"Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"0 -
From what i've read it's a problem with Kingsoft software.
The font it's using might not be a standard one so the sign for "£" in Kingsoft might be different in other programs.
so a "£" in Open office comes out as "｣" in Kingsoft.
Do you need to use Kingsoft?
No - I just thought that it may be more up to date than Openoffice .....0 -
Libre Office is seemed to be the more "cutting edge" development wise than Open Office, which tends to take a slower approach to it's development cycle.Laters
Sol
"Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"0 -
I always found that openoffice had to 'recover' documents, just kept happening..0
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