I am trying to use Calc (v.3.1.0) for a cemetery transcription.  I
have a "born" column and a "died" column.  It would be nice to use a
date format for these, but sometimes I only have a year -- not the
whole date -- and that makes a mess of things.  

The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to change the cell format
to just text.  No matter what I do, it wants to put a number in there.
How do I make OOo understand that, all evidence to the contrary, a
"text" cell is really what I want?  Or is there some other way I can
get it to leave my year-only entries alone?  

Thanks, 

Tam 

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