tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post6806284147504325465..comments2024-03-22T13:39:55.941-07:00Comments on Math Mama Writes...: I'm angry: Excel has crazy changes!Sue VanHattumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-10468135278790974362012-03-31T07:52:48.328-07:002012-03-31T07:52:48.328-07:00Thanks. I'll have to borrow my son's ipod ...Thanks. I'll have to borrow my son's ipod to test that out.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-23067763069959700152012-03-31T03:44:24.668-07:002012-03-31T03:44:24.668-07:00Hi Sue, I've just stumbled here from Sam's...Hi Sue, I've just stumbled here from Sam's blog. I wish this could work for you:<br />(In google docs spreadsheet) pass over the letter cell of any column, then a tiny down arrow will show up. Click it and choose "Insert 1 to the left/right" (it's up to your purposes). Strangely enough, if the column is narrow, you must enlarge it before you can see the arrow.<br />(Sorry for my bad English)JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829561981417320165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-12699594592259581242012-03-23T13:55:10.783-07:002012-03-23T13:55:10.783-07:00Mary, my students were using the google docs sprea...Mary, my students were using the google docs spreadsheet app, and none of us could figure out how to add a new column!<br /><br />I have done nothing and all my spreadsheets are back to the old lettered columns. (I've moved, with my laptop, to my home. I was at work. I don't know how that could affect it, but that's the only change I can imagine.)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-29870749156016275042012-03-23T13:34:37.557-07:002012-03-23T13:34:37.557-07:00It is frustrating when software companies decide t...It is frustrating when software companies decide to add a lot of unnecessary bells, whistles, and frills that get in the way of the functionality you really need.<br /><br />For many purposes, I would encourage students to consider using googledocs spreadsheets rather than Excel. It is free and widely available. It is quite functional and doesn't have a huge menu of nonessential frills.<br /><br />You can even collaborate on a google spreadsheet, either asynchronously or in real time with a chat window that opens up in a sidebar next to your spreadsheet.<br /><br />By the way, for anything statistically complex and important, beware of using spreadsheets in general. See here:<br /><br />http://www.jstatsoft.org/v34/i04Mary O'Keeffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662977706706048151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-82669962339146604852012-03-23T12:56:08.362-07:002012-03-23T12:56:08.362-07:00You have to uncheck the R1C1 reference style in ex...You have to uncheck the R1C1 reference style in excel options.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com