Works: Mortgage Analysis TaskWizard Errors Caused by Rounding
Article ID: 151466
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 3.0a
- Microsoft Works 3.0b
- Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 4.5a
- Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 4.0a
This article was previously published under Q151466
SYMPTOMS
When you create a spreadsheet document or use TaskWizards or templates,
such as the Mortgage and Loan Analysis, from any of the versions of Works
listed at the beginning of this article, you may discover some of the
amounts calculated appear to be off by one cent.
CAUSE
Internal rounding will cause this when the computer calculates totals
within the document. If the third significant digit in a number is .005 or
higher, a cell formatted to display two decimal places rounds up one digit
or cent. Since the calculations are done on the actual number, the internal
calculations are correct even though the displayed amount may be off by one
cent.
Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.00b 4.00 4.00a 4.50 4.50a w_works wizard rounded wrong incorrect value calc
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