Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the usual way is to avoid typing in the $ sign and just let the cell formatting put that in front for you.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, 9 March 2013,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-09 Thread Don Myers
Hi Steve, I only have 4.0.1.2 installed, but my guess is that with the comma in there, or possibly the dollar sign, or maybe both, when you are pasting it, calc thinks it is text and not a number. That causes the left alignment and not being dividable since text can't be divided. Don On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-09 Thread Dan Lewis
On 03/09/2013 01:00 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. If I type or paste $2,441.99 into a cell in calc (3.6) it is left aligned. If I right click format cell it states number-general. If I divide it by 2 I get #value! How do I get LO to recognise this as a number. I found a long winded way,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-09 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-10 01:23, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2013/3/9 Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com: Hi. If I type or paste $2,441.99 into a cell in calc (3.6) it is left aligned. If I right click format cell it states number-general. If I divide it by 2 I get #value! How do I get LO to recognise

Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-09 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, 9 March 2013, 21:41 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc On 2013-03-10 07:12, Dan Lewis wrote: On 03/09/2013 01:00 AM