On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:10:26PM -0700, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> 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.
Curiously, as promising as that sounds, it doesn't work, which is a
bummer, because it should.
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