2007 Microsoft Office System Inside Out comments and corrections

This article contains comments, corrections, and information about known errors relating to the Microsoft Press book 2007 Microsoft Office System Inside Out, 978-0-7356-2324-8.

The following topics are covered:

• Page 354: Incorrect information regarding negative exponents

Page 354: Incorrect information regarding negative exponents

On page 354, The last sentence of the third bullet point of the Using Special Characters section is incorrect.

Change:
"For example, –1E6 (1 times 10 to the negative sixth power) equals –1,000,000 and is displayed in Excel as –1.00E+06."

To:
"For example, 1E-6 (1 times 10 to the negative sixth power) equals 0.000001 and is displayed in Excel as 1.00E-06."

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