On 10/16/06, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 02:52:50PM -0700, James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
> Lan Barnes wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 01:01:59PM -0700, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> >> Oh. Penny drops. Can't you specify that the column in the
> >> spreadsheet is of type alpha, not type numeric?
> >>
> >
> > That is what I'm asking.
> >
All right, I can hardly claim to be a spreadsheet expert, but I know
this about Gnumeric and also OOCalc:
In top bar, Format -> Cells -> Text
sets interpretation of selected cells. Like you could select a whole
column and then do this.
There are also more different numeric interpretations than anyone
could possibly explain.
carl
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