Unsupported formulas in 14 cells were removed.

When I import an excel spreadsheet, I get the message:
"Unsupported formulas in 14 cells were removed ...."
I am happy that at least Numbers tells me that the formulas were removed, but now I would like to know:
*Which cells and which formulas?*
Could anybody point me to a list of the "missing Excel formulas"?
This could potentially be a usage nightmare, steering me away from using Numbers. If I cannot tell which formulas I am going to need to fix up, I cannot use the product reliably. If I cannot, then Numbers is only useful for viewing spreadsheets by Excel.

This message may only be shown on the PPC (American English) version of Numbers(?):
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