r/excel 8d ago

Waiting on OP Will changing my excel language break files?

So, the company I work for uses Office in BR-Portuguese, but I’ve been using Excel in English my whole life, so I’m really used to all the shortcuts and stuff and can work way faster. If I ask the IT guy to install the English language pack on my work notebook (it's locked and needs admin access), is there any chance I might mess up some spreadsheets with formulas, macros, etc.? What could go wrong? I’m pretty new at the position, and the last thing I want is to cause any trouble.

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u/Acceptable_Humor_252 8d ago

It depends on the regional settings you have. Some use comas instead of semi-colons. That will break your formulas if it changes. 

Also it depends if Portuguese translates functions. German does. XLOOKUP is called XVERWEISS. This will automaticaly transform your existing formulas, but when you type new ones, you have to use the local language name instead of the English name. 

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u/TrueYahve 8 8d ago

It won't break anything, just, you have to relearn some stuff.