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From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Concatenate a string in Calc


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>     Why not just format the column for US Zip Codes in the first 
> place? 
>     If you want just the first 5 digits, format the column (G) as 
> follows:
> 1) Category: Number
> 2) Go to the User defined box and replace what is there with five 
> zeros (0). Click the green arrow to the right of the box. This should 
> create a new Format: -01234.
> 3) Click OK.
>     If you are using 9 digits with a "-" between the first five and 
> the last four, this can also be done by reformating the column.  
> (The User Defined format would be 00000-0000.) 

Being English I didn't know calc understood zip codes in this way - our "post 
codes" are completely different: alphanumeric and variable length. 

Thanks for the tip.

Harold Fuchs
London England

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