Google| Subject | Re: spreadsheet ergonomics |
| From | Snit |
| Date | 04/06/2017 04:03 (04/05/2017 19:03) |
| Message-ID | <D50AEFFC.9CF93%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Follows | owl |
On 4/5/17, 6:54 PM, in article avz804.bud3@rooftop.invalid, "owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid>wrote:
owlI have been clear from the start and when you showed confusion even went out of my way to make a video to explain it to you and SHOW it to you.
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>wrote:Snitowl
On 4/5/17, 6:34 PM, in article aiv00alkg.ay@rooftop.invalid, "owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid>wrote:owlSnit
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>wrote:Snitowl
On 4/5/17, 5:12 PM, in article azcv003gabu.dji@rooftop.invalid, "owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid>wrote:
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So absolutely, without a doubt, the different tables on the sheet serve a FUNCTIONAL purpose... one that is key to the tool being used.owlSnit
There is not one thing at the cell level that can be done in a sheet or table that cannot be done with the other.
Or by hand. Sure. So?owlSnit
If you insist otherwise, then name the numerical functions that are unavailable to one but available to the other.
You started by asking for the FUNCTIONAL difference between the two. Now you want to know the COMPUTATIONAL difference.
Computation is the primary function of a spreadsheet. I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but making flyers takes a backseat.
Providing USERS with the results is the primary function -- without the presentation there is little value to a spreadsheet. You keep leaving the user out of the equation as to the value of a computer... but the computer exists to serve the user.
Now this does not mean a user will always interact directly with the spreadsheet... and in those cases things like sc, with their UIs which are not really designed to be usable by the majority of users BUT which do far better number crunching, are better tools.
Each has pros and cons. I have no issue with that.SnitThat is easy, too!owl
A sheet offers ZERO capability to do ANY numerical function without the addition of a table. ALL calculations are done in tables. ALL.
LOL! Have you ever used any other spreadsheet besides Numbers?
The discussion here was about Numbers! No other spreadsheet that allows for multiple tables on a sheet has even been mentioned.
Maybe you should have said from the outset that what Numbers calls a "sheet" is completely different from what every other spreadsheet program means by that term.
You still missed it. OK. You are used to other terms and other paradigms. Cool. I understood both. No harm done... do you understand it now?
If so then maybe we can move to your next area of confusion, the value of being able to move and rename and open file, AND, if we get through that, we can move to your third area of confusion: the difference between Save As... and Duplicate.
I admire your desire to learn and your asking of questions... but you seem to be getting quite uncomfortable with your lack of knowledge on these things. If you want to take a break we can, and then we can tackle them one at a time. No hurry.
And no offense meant in speaking of your ignorance of these things, I am ignorant of many of the things you do. No shame in that. No insult in noting that. It is simply a fact... we each have knowledge the other does not and we can, if we choose, learn from each other.
-- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.
They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
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