Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 30784
Use '+' to being typing formula
Last modified: 2004-06-28 09:00:26 UTC
Lotus 1-2-3 recognized formulae using the plus sign (+) or negative (-) as the first symbol in a cell. Excel recognizes both (+) and (-) as legitimate keystrokes to begin entering formulae (it prepends an = to such formulae). Since both (+) and (-) exist on numeric keypads, whereas (=) doesn't, formulae are entered quicker using these 1-2-3 conventions.
double to Issue 20496 *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 20496 ***
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