1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textscalcguidetext_numbersxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Formatting Numbers as Text</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145068"><bookmark_value>numbers;entering as text</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>text formats; for numbers</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>formats; numbers as text</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>cell formats; text/numbers</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>formatting;numbers as text</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "numbers; entering without..." and changed "numbers;as text"</comment> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145068" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="46"><variable id="text_numbers"><link href="text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp" name="Formatting Numbers as Text">Formatting Numbers as Text</link> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="text"> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156280" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="43">You can format numbers as text in $[officename] Calc. Open the context menu of a cell or range of cells and choose <emph>Format Cells - Numbers</emph>, then select "Text" from the <emph>Category</emph> list. Any numbers subsequently entered into the formatted range are interpreted as text. The display of these "numbers" is left-justified, just as with other text.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149377" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="44">If you have already entered normal numbers in cells and have afterwards changed the format of the cells to "Text", the numbers will remain normal numbers. They will not be converted. Only numbers entered afterwards, or numbers which are then edited, will become text numbers.</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3144765" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="45">If you decide to enter a number directly as text, enter an apostrophe (') first. For example, for years in column headings, you can enter '1999, '2000 and '2001. The apostrophe is not visible in the cell, it only indicates that the entry is to be recognized as a text. This is useful if, for example, you enter a telephone number or postal code that begins with a zero (0), because a zero (0) at the start of a sequence of digits is removed in normal number formats.</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="relatedtopics"> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/guide/numbers_text.xhp#numbers_text"/> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/guide/integer_leading_zero.xhp#integer_leading_zero"/> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156284" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="47"><link href="text/shared/01/05020300.xhp" name="Format - Cells - Numbers">Format - Cells - Numbers</link></paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/guide/format_value.xhp#format_value"/> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>