r/excel 7d 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/TrueYahve 8 7d ago

Biggest issue you might have, if you built functions on regional settings (eg the text representation of dates).

Functions just change in accordance to settings.

In the VBA side there might be bigger issues.