Guy Voets wrote:
2008/7/17 Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
At 17:29 16/07/2008 -0600, Floyd Beaver wrote:
I have a writer document that keeps my logins and passwords. One of my
logins starts with a zero. When I type the number starting with a zero, the
zero disappears as soon as I leave the field. How can I make OpenOffice 3
keep what I type? OOo3-Dev on Vista
I don't have version 3, but I'm puzzled by this. Do you really mean a
Writer (text) document, not a Calc spreadsheet? If so, what exactly do you
mean by a "field" in this context? (I suspect you cannot mean what Writer
calls a field.) I cannot reproduce your problem (with 2.4.1) in ordinary
text or in table cells, for example.
If you are actually using a spreadsheet, you simply need to tell Calc what
your values are - and if they are login names, they will be text items, not
numeric values. They may happen to be entirely numeric, but they are not
numbers as such; if they were, you would welcome any leading zeroes being
stripped. Select the relevant cells (or, better, perhaps the column) and go
to Format | Cells... | Numbers. Under Category, scroll down to Text. Now
try entering your values again (or editing them).
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
Hello,
The field in Writer is a field in a table.
I can confirm this behaviour in the beta-2 (actually the Mac Aqua version).
In a table in Writer, the 0 at the beginning of a number gets stripped,
unless you put a return after the number (?!)
In Calc, you can specify the cell format (or use a ' before the number), but
in Writer you don't have this option.
Unless filing a request to introduce cell formats in Writer tables, the only
solution I see is putting a return after the number... (the ' before the
number is visible).
(I hope Floyd is subscribed, lost the original mail)
Thanks to all that responded. Yes, the field is in a table in Writer.
I just used an alphabet capital O instead of a numeric 0. It is just a
login so I don't have to manipulate the data. I looked in options and
couldn't find a way to change the display.
Thanks again,
Floyd
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