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The easiest way is to enter the number starting with an apostrophe (for example, <item type="input">'0987</item>). The apostrophe will not appear in the cell, and the number will be formatted as text. Because it is in text format, however, you cannot calculate with this number.</paragraph> 50*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 51*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 52*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154013" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="57">Format a cell with a number format such as <item type="input">\0000</item>. This format can be assigned in the <emph>Format code</emph> field under the <emph>Format - Cells - Numbers</emph> tab, and defines the cell display as "always put a zero first and then the integer, having at least three places, and filled with zeros at the left if less than three digits".</paragraph> 53*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 54*5b00253eSmseidel</list> 55*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150011" role="paragraph" l10n="E" oldref="66" 56*5b00253eSmseidellocalize="false"/> 57*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153158" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="58">If you want to apply a numerical format to a column of numbers in text format (for example, text "000123" becomes number "123"), do the following:</paragraph> 58*5b00253eSmseidel<list type="ordered"> 59*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 60*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149377" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="59">Select the column in which the digits are found in text format. Set the cell format in that column as "Number".</paragraph> 61*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 62*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 63*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154944" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="60">Choose <emph>Edit - Find & Replace</emph> 64*5b00253eSmseidel</paragraph> 65*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 66*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 67*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154510" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="61">In the <emph>Search for</emph> box, enter <item type="input">^[0-9]</item> 68*5b00253eSmseidel</paragraph> 69*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 70*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 71*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155068" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="62">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, enter <item type="input">&</item> 72*5b00253eSmseidel</paragraph> 73*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 74*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 75*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149018" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="63">Check <emph>Regular expressions</emph> 76*5b00253eSmseidel</paragraph> 77*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 78*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 79*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156382" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="64">Check <emph>Current selection only</emph> 80*5b00253eSmseidel</paragraph> 81*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 82*5b00253eSmseidel<listitem> 83*5b00253eSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146916" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="65">Click <emph>Replace All</emph> 84*5b00253eSmseidel</paragraph> 85*5b00253eSmseidel</listitem> 86*5b00253eSmseidel</list> 87*5b00253eSmseidel</section> 88*5b00253eSmseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 89*5b00253eSmseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp#text_numbers"/> 90*5b00253eSmseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/format_value.xhp#format_value"/> 91*5b00253eSmseidel</section> 92*5b00253eSmseidel</body> 93*5b00253eSmseidel</helpdocument> 94