It would appear that on Jan 29, Brian Barker did say: > At 12:13 28/01/2010 -0500, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: > > It drives me to distraction whenever my date is converted from: > > > > 11:20 am to 11:20:00 AM > > > > But as frustrating as that is, it's as nothing compared to the ire I feel > > when it's converted from: > > > > 1 pm to 01:00:00 PM > > > > (actually I don't ever want any component of OO.o to ever automatically > > convert 'anything' I type, into 'anything else' except during a spell check > > operation. And then I would be ticked if it didn't offer me the chance to > > tell it to ignore an arbitrary string of characters that may or may not > > resemble a word. But there doesn't seem to be a master off switch) > > If I understand you correctly, the switch is at Tools | Options... | > OpenOffice.org Writer | Table | Input in tables | Number recognition. Remove > the tick there, and your input will not be interfered with.
Thanks! I'll try that. I still wish there was an easy toggle to disable all forms of auto-conversion/correction/capitalization/substitution/adnauseum in one fell swoop. I always want my software to assume that I meant what I actually typed, and to please stop trying to second guess me. But now that I know where that particular switch is... Like I said thanks! > > So I took the trouble of editing the blank source document. In which I > > selected the entire table and expressly set the number format to text. > > > > So while I know how to fix this on a per document basis, I'm curious why > > OO.o ver 3.1.0.6 doesn't recognize the fact that OO.o ver 2.4.1 had > > previously set the number format to text??? > > Perhaps the difference is not in the different versions, but simply that the > option mentioned above is set differently in your different installations? Don't think so, because not having tripped over the above option, I never (un)set it before. And so the annoying conversion always happened until I set the number format to text, regardless of which installation I was using. Incidentally I noticed an odd detail while I was rebooting to accurately capture the relevant OO.o version numbers from help | about that I forgot to mention. I had just opened the document with OO.o 3.1 in Sabayon when the auto conversion bugged me enough to ask for help. My first reflex was to go set the number format again, but when I noticed that it appeared to be specifically set to "Time" I stopped. I saved what changes I'd already made to the document, but did NOT fix the number format. Then when I rebooted into Elive to grab the OO.o version number there, I opened the same document. And when I did an <alt>+an to pop open the table numbering format, I found that it was still set to text. > > I trust this helps. Thanks again! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
