How to report a BUG?

[Ron Rosenfeld]

A few days ago, Dr Phil M posted what appears to be a BUG in the Excel 2007
conditional formatting process. I was hoping an MVP who knew how to report a
BUG would see the thread, but that has not happened yet.

So I repeat it here, in the hopes that this can be fixed.

Apparently, there is an issue with executing a number format conditionally when
the cell being tested has a reference to another worksheet. (The color
formatting of interior works OK; it seems to be only the number formatting that
gets screwed up).

I was able to reproduce this on my Excel 2007.

The original thread is at:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...s/browse_thread/thread/46c6398f310b5f20?hl=en

Here is the portion showing how to reproduce the problem:




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Dr. Phil M
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More options Nov 19, 10:49 pm
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
From: Dr. Phil M <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:49:00 -0800
Subject: Re: conditional format error Excel 2007

Ron thanks! I'm using Ecel 2007.
The SS is a little complex but I made up a simple one which shows the error.
As below

Sheet 1 data entry in A1 and B1
Sheet 2
A1 =Sheet1!A1
A2=Sheet1!A2
A3=SUM(A1:A2)
Format sheet 2 A3 as a number with 1decimal place

Conditional format sheet 2 A3 with say 6 decimal places with condition
formula =$A$1=0

So if you enter 0 in sheet 1 A1 then see 6 decimal places in sheet 2 A3.

if you then enter 1 in sheet 1 A1, Excel does not reset sheet 2 A3 to 1
decimal place until you delete a blank cell on sheet 2.

Wierd?

Thanks
Phil
--ron

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

I tested you bug and was able to duplicate it, I have passed it along to the
MVP feedback site, but be advised, these things sometime take a long time to
get looked at or resolved.

If this helps, please click the Yes button

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Ron,


I have posted it on a MVP site, I don't have 2007 on the PC I am working on
right now so I just quoted your message
without testing.

--


Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

Hi,

I tested you bug and was able to duplicate it, I have passed it along to the
MVP feedback site, but be advised, these things sometime take a long time to
get looked at or resolved.

If this helps, please click the Yes button

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire

Shane and Peo,

Thanks for passing that along.

Shane -- I am using a newsreader and don't have a "Yes" button to click. I
suspect that is confined to the web interface. But I would if I could.
--ron