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Haytham Amairah
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Mar 07, 2018

Excel Formulas Copyrights

Hi Experts,   What do you feel about the formula you wrote, and perhaps you struggled while writing it to make it work, what do you feel when you see someone copying and pasting it somewhere else...
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Willy Lau
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Mar 08, 2018

Hi Damien_Rosario,

 

yes, i don't expect people will refer to my post if I just answer with IF function, like =IF(A1=1,A1, A1+1)

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Damien_Rosario
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Mar 08, 2018

Of course my friend.

To your point above about crediting someone elses solution as good practice, the challenge is making that a consistent policy, and also enforceable (which I don't think Microsoft will want to micro manage).

I just don't see an easy way to implement this sort of referencing nor do I see it being universally applied by users as not everyone will be as diligent as you guys are on crediting others.

I guess (for me) this all comes down to whether my ego will take a bruising if I don't get credit for a solution that I have provided that may be used later by someone else.

The answer is meh, I just like helping where I can, learning new things on the forum and enjoying your company!

Cheers
Damien

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