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Three colleagues and myself regularly work on a spreadsheet containing
formulas to calculate percentages from whole numbers, and display the results
to two decimal places.

However, when one person updates the spreadsheet, the percentages that are
returned by the forumula are sometimes 0.01% different the the percentages
returned if the rest of us update the spreadsheet.

Does anyone have any ideas? If so, we would be so grateful. Could the
precision setting have anything to do with this?

Sounds like their Regional Settings in their Windows Control Panel may be
different from yours.

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quot;Holmes, Mariaquot; gt; wrote in message
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gt; Three colleagues and myself regularly work on a spreadsheet containing
gt; formulas to calculate percentages from whole numbers, and display the
gt; results
gt; to two decimal places.
gt;
gt; However, when one person updates the spreadsheet, the percentages that are
gt; returned by the forumula are sometimes 0.01% different the the percentages
gt; returned if the rest of us update the spreadsheet.
gt;
gt; Does anyone have any ideas? If so, we would be so grateful. Could the
gt; precision setting have anything to do with this?
Yes,
If the 'Precision as Displayed' Options checkbox is checked, that makes
the actual value equal to the viewed value. Therefore, 1.234 (formatted to
show 1.23) times 10 = 12.30 if Precision is on OR 12.34 if Precision is off.
HTH,
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Gary Brown

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gt; Three colleagues and myself regularly work on a spreadsheet containing
gt; formulas to calculate percentages from whole numbers, and display the results
gt; to two decimal places.
gt;
gt; However, when one person updates the spreadsheet, the percentages that are
gt; returned by the forumula are sometimes 0.01% different the the percentages
gt; returned if the rest of us update the spreadsheet.
gt;
gt; Does anyone have any ideas? If so, we would be so grateful. Could the
gt; precision setting have anything to do with this?