1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*a213f9d9Smseidel 3ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4*a213f9d9Smseidel * 5ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12*a213f9d9Smseidel * 13ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14*a213f9d9Smseidel * 15ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21*a213f9d9Smseidel * 22ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 23ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist 24*a213f9d9Smseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26*a213f9d9Smseidel<topic id="textscalcguidetext_numbersxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27*a213f9d9Smseidel<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Formatting Numbers as Text</title> 28*a213f9d9Smseidel<filename>/text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp</filename> 29*a213f9d9Smseidel</topic> 30*a213f9d9Smseidel</meta> 31*a213f9d9Smseidel<body> 32*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145068"> 33*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>numbers;entering as text</bookmark_value> 34*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>text formats; for numbers</bookmark_value> 35*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>formats; numbers as text</bookmark_value> 36*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>cell formats; text/numbers</bookmark_value> 37*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>formatting;numbers as text</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "numbers; entering without..." and changed "numbers;as text"</comment> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145068" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 40*a213f9d9Smseideloldref="46"><variable id="text_numbers"><link href="text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp" name="Formatting Numbers as Text">Formatting Numbers as Text</link> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 42*a213f9d9Smseidel<section id="text"> 43*a213f9d9Smseidel<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> 44*a213f9d9Smseidel<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> 45*a213f9d9Smseidel<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> 46*a213f9d9Smseidel</section> 47*a213f9d9Smseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 48*a213f9d9Smseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/numbers_text.xhp#numbers_text"/> 49*a213f9d9Smseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/integer_leading_zero.xhp#integer_leading_zero"/> 50*a213f9d9Smseidel<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> 51*a213f9d9Smseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/format_value.xhp#format_value"/> 52*a213f9d9Smseidel</section> 53*a213f9d9Smseidel</body> 54*a213f9d9Smseidel</helpdocument> 55