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Microsoft Fixes Excel Calculation Bug
Microsoft confirms it has fixed an Excel calculation results bug, but declines to fully explain the cause.
Microsoft says it has fixed an Excel bug, which caused the spreadsheet to display erroneous calculation results, even though it performed the calculation correctly and stored it in Excel’s memory.
In an Oct. 9 posting on the Excel section of MSDN [Microsoft Developer Network,] the Excel Team served notice that, "as of today, fixes for this issue in Excel 2007 and Excel Services 2007 are available for download. Microsoft acknowledged the problem about two weeks ago on MSDN involving the calculation of numbers in its ever-popular Excel software program.
The issue, according to the Excel staff, was introduced when Microsoft’s development team made changes to the Excel calculation logic in Office 2007.
The errors are not in the calculations themselves; the result of the calculations stored in Excel’s memory are correct. But the result that appeared in the Excel spreadsheet is incorrect. Rad more about the Excel Bug.
The fix are currently available for download:
Excel Services 2007(32bit/64bit)
