Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-25 Thread Paul D. Mirowsky
Please download and install http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/numbertext-1 I needed to format a number to written (long-hand) for a check. This did produce what was needed. When using MONEYTEXT(), reference your cell with the number in it. Although the command asks for

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-25 Thread Alex Kempshall
That extension worked for me both for NumberText and MoneyText. In my previous post I'd was talking about version 0.9.4. I didn't realise there was a newer version! Alex On Tuesday 25 Feb 2014 13:45:41 Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: Please download and install

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-25 Thread Alan B
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky p_mirow...@bentaxna.comwrote: Please download and install http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/numbertext-1 Very nice. I've installed it. If I could change the extension (maybe I will try) I would make optional or remove the

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-25 Thread James E Lang
On February 25, 2014 1:57:49 PM PST, Alan B abo...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky p_mirow...@bentaxna.comwrote: Please download and install http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/numbertext-1 Very nice. I've installed it. If I

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-25 Thread Alan B
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 8:09 PM, James E Lang jim+...@lang.hm wrote: I believe the traditional way to write this on a check is, Thirty-five and 50/100 dollars Good point. That's certainly the way I've done it. And the word dollars is preprinted on the checks I've used so the program output

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-24 Thread e-letter
On 23/02/2014, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Tom, please do NOT CC me directly, I am on the list and certainly don't need to see your messages twice. On 2014-02-22 7:01 PM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: As the User Support mailing list for a gateway project i think it's

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-24 Thread Alan B
Dennis, It looks to me that you're asking how to convert a number to the words that are spoken to say that number. You've asked how to convert a number ... to text. People familiar with programming/macros and data types will read that and think of something different than creating the words to

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2014-02-23 4:08 GMT+01:00 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org: On 02/22/2014 04:41 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: It is called bottom or in-line posting, and is preferred by the more technically inclined. Bottom and Top posting seems to be a personal preference often pursued with religious

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
Tom, please do NOT CC me directly, I am on the list and certainly don't need to see your messages twice. On 2014-02-22 7:01 PM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: As the User Support mailing list for a gateway project i think it's fairly good that we help people to learn that there are

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2014-02-23 10:40 AM, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: I don't use an email client, but the Gmail web interface also hides lines from previous posts. Lol! Thanks for the laugh Johnny... In case you are wondering, the funny bit is how quickly you disproved your very first

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2014-02-23 18:05 GMT+01:00 Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org: On 2014-02-23 10:40 AM, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: I don't use an email client, but the Gmail web interface also hides lines from previous posts. Lol! Thanks for the laugh Johnny... childishness Don't

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 23 Feb 2014, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: [...] P.S. Google Translate was used several times when I wrote the crap above, and still I didn't get it right… I know, nobody wants to know, but those didn't read this anyway. D.S. whatever, your English is pretty much as good as the native

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just forwarding Alex's excellent answer jic Dennis is not subscribed to this mailing list. Judging from the 10hours with no response that seems quite likely. Errr, actually we didn't get Alex's link on-list but hopefully he can do Reply to all to make sure Dennis and all do get it this

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2014-02-22 11:39 GMT+01:00 Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com: Hi :) Just forwarding Alex's excellent answer jic Dennis is not subscribed to this mailing list. Judging from the 10hours with no response that seems quite likely. Errr, actually we didn't get Alex's link on-list but hopefully he can

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-22 Thread Paul
Off topic, but I'm just so surprised that nobody complained about shouting (using upper case letters)… and about top posting. Johnny Rosenberg Well, as to the shouting, I guess I kind of assumed the OP was new to this, and didn't want to criticize, but you're right, somebody should have

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2014-02-22 21:32 GMT+01:00 Paul paulste...@afrihost.co.za: Off topic, but I'm just so surprised that nobody complained about shouting (using upper case letters)… and about top posting. Johnny Rosenberg Well, as to the shouting, I guess I kind of assumed the OP was new to this, and

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2014-02-22 4:28 PM, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: I'm subscribed to a few groups myself, maybe I confused this one with the Apache OpenOffice one, but most of them seems to prefer everything but top posting. Personally I prefer this way, I'm not sure what to call it, but I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-22 Thread Peter West
Here we go again. There is top-posting, which is, in general, a good thing, and is preferred by most email users, including the technically inclined, like myself. Its primary advantage is that it is a great courtesy to the readers of email threads, who can quickly assess a contribution to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-22 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 02/22/2014 04:41 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: It is called bottom or in-line posting, and is preferred by the more technically inclined. Bottom and Top posting seems to be a personal preference often pursued with religious zeal (as you mention below). While quickly browsing, top posting is

[libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-21 Thread Dennis Regan
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS: dennispreg...@hotmail.com DEAR SIR OR MS., MY NAME IS DENNIS REGAN AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU THAT I COULDN’T FIND THE ANSWER TO ONLINE OR IN LibreOffice Calc Help. +) HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC? THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-21 Thread Paul
I think the formula you want is TEXT. I'm not too sure on the format parameter to this function, haven't checked that, but for me a format string of #.## worked fine for a number with a decimal place. You should be able to find further details of the format string in the help or online. So, for

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-21 Thread Paul
, 2014 6:04 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: dennispreg...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC? I think the formula you want is TEXT. I'm not too sure on the format parameter to this function, haven't

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-21 Thread C
Hi there! You can convert a number in text if you place an apostrophe sign before your number (e.g. '123). Also, you can select desired cells and then use Format menuCellsNumbers tabCategoryText OK. Cristi On 21/02/2014 09:55, Dennis Regan wrote: MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS:

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's an unusual problem that looks a lot like a fairly frequently asked question. Your question has an extra twist which we didn't notice earlier. I am not sure if there is an easy way to convert numbers to words. ie 2,000 to Two thousand So far people have been talking about how to make

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-21 Thread Alex McMurchy
Try this link. Specifically the function getAmountInWord in the described macro. Don't try the extension. Alex On Friday 21 Feb 2014 15:29:18 Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It's an unusual problem that looks a lot like a fairly frequently asked question. Your question has an extra twist which