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Re:Ask HN: Why Does Excel Default to Scientific Freaking Not... by bediger4000 on Friday March 10, 2023 @10:53PM (#35105091)
The one that bugs me is when ISO8601 format dates (yyyy-mm-dd) somehow mysteriously turn into floating point numbers.

At least half of Excel usage happens because Word is so pitifully inadequate at formatting text in tables.

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