Works: Functions Imported from Excel 4.0 to Works |
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Works for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 4.5, 4.5a
SUMMARY
There are 65 functions in Excel 4.0 that will translate in some form into Works for Windows if the Excel text converter is properly installed. If Works encounters any other Excel function, you will get the following error message
Formula ignored: not valid: <CellRef>.
Continue to display errors?"
where <CellRef> is the cell in the spreadsheet in which the formula was ignored.
At this point you can choose Yes to continue to display errors or "NO" to hide any additional errors, or Cancel to stop opening the file. The total number of errors encountered while opening the file will be displayed at the end of the conversion.
The cells imported with the ignored formulas will have their currently returned value converted to decimal or text format.
Functions that return a text string will have their last return value imported as text.
Functions that return decimal numbers will have their last return value imported as decimal.
Any functions returning Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal, or Complex numbers will have their last return value imported as text.
MORE INFORMATION
The following table is the list of the Excel 4.0 functions that will import in some form to Works. The notes explain any changes that are made to the name of the function or the behavior of the function when it is imported. If there is not a note accompanying a function, then there is no difference between Excel 4.0 and Works.
Functions Notes --------- ----- ABS ACOS AND ASIN ATAN ATAN2 AVERAGE Function changes to AVG. CHOOSE "Choice" parameter is reduced by 1 to affect change from 1-based to 0-based referencing (the value returned is the same). COLUMNS Function changes to COLS. COS COUNT COUNTA Function changes to COUNT. DATE DAY DDB If the "factor" parameter is anything other than 2, the function will produce the error described in the summary. EXACT EXP FALSE FIND "Offset" parameter is reduced by 1 to affect change from 1-based to 0-based referencing and 1 is added to the return value so it will return the same value Excel did. FIXED Function changes to STRING and ignores the "no_commas" parameter so it will always display with no commas. HLOOKUP "LookupValue" parameter is reduced by 1 to affect change from 1-based to 0-based referencing (the value returned is the same). HOUR IF Excel allows the IF statement to only have one comma (after the condition). Excel will assume the True condition is a zero and the False statement is FALSE. Works will actually put a "0" (without the quotation marks) in the True condition and FALSE() in the False condition. ISNA LEFT LEN Function changes to LENGTH. LN LOG10 Function changes to LOG (which is base 10). LOWER MAX MID "Offset" parameter is reduced by 1 to affect change from 1-based to 0-based referencing (the value returned is the same). MIN MINUTE MOD MONTH N NA NOT NOW Note that Works does not display the time as Excel does with this function. OR PI PROPER PV The parameters are rearranged (because they are in a different order in Works) and the "Payment" parameter is subtracted to make the function work as it did in Excel. If the "fv" or "type" parameters are anything but 0, the formula will produce the error described in the summary. RAND REPLACE "Offset" parameter is reduced by 1 to affect change from 1-based to 0-based referencing (the value returned is the same). REPT Function changes to REPEAT. RIGHT ROUND ROWS SEARCH Function changes to FIND and the "Offset" parameter is reduced by 1 to affect change from 1-based to 0-based referencing. Also, 1 is added to the return value in an attempt to return the same value as Excel. Using FIND in this way may cause an ERR return value where Excel returned a positive value because FIND is case-sensitive and SEARCH is not. SECOND SIN SLN SQRT SUM SYD T Function changes to S. TAN TIME TRIM TRUE UPPER VALUE VARP Function changes to VAR. VLOOKUP YEAR 1900 is added to the return value so the value shown represents the actual year as Excel displays.
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Version : WINDOWS:4.0; WINDOWS|MACINTOS:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.5,4.5a
Platform : WINDOWS WINDOWS|MACINTOS
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Last Reviewed: June 23, 1999 |