Freaky Excel !!

Q

qazmax

Trivial wiedness...

Try to type the symbol for Accenture Ltd (ACN) into Excel and it switches it to CAN.

I tried all the following....
acn => can
ACN=> CAN
'ACN => CAN

I had 2 other people try this and the same thing happened.

No matter what I do Excel will not let me type the letters ACN into a cell.

I am running Excel 2000.

Anyone else have this problem?


:)
 
Heh. I was all set to prove you wrong, but...

Damn, it does work like that. I tried changing the Format and still does it. :confused:

I'll take a look
 
Impressive... 4 other people and myself were convinced this was an Excel program error. One guy lost $10 because he could thought he could figure it out.

Thanks for solving the mystery!! Now I will be able to sleep tonight.

:)
 
Quote from qazmax:

Impressive... 4 other people and myself were convinced this was an Excel program error. One guy lost $10 because he could thought he could figure it out.

Thanks for solving the mystery!! Now I will be able to sleep tonight.

:)
More...

Of course, it can be done, regardless of the status -- or even being aware -- of AutoCorrect (mine is on).

All you need to do is:

- type "Accenture Ltd (ACN)" and hit Enter

- hit F2 (for Edit), use Backspace and Delete keys to erase "CAN", type "ACN" and hit Enter.

You're done. Now go tell the guy who lost that $10 bet to get his money back, as long as he gives you $5. :p
 
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