Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-27 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:08 27/02/2022 -0500, Vince Bonly wrote: I must figure a way to convert existing cell contents such as (877) 300- to the desired display format. Can this task be accomplished using a formula? Yup: =VALUE(MID(Xn;2;3)&MID(Xn;7;3)&MID(Xn;11;4)) - where Xn is the cell containing the origi

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-27 Thread Steven Ahlers
Vince, 1) Yes, it’s normal to switch to User Defined. 2) Not sure what you’re referring to. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2022, at 11:58 AM, wa.two...@verizon.net.invalid wrote: > >  > My thanks to all that have replied. It has been wild here with home repair > concerns, or I woul

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-27 Thread Vince@Verizon
Some success here I have made a mental note of the resultant Format code line after highlighting the most recently added/available format, i.e., " F_o_rmat -+1 () -1234) ".  Also, I noticed that what appears within the _F_ormat code line is NOT what I had entered. The Comment line shows

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-27 Thread Vince@Verizon
My thanks to all that have replied.  It has been wild here with home repair concerns, or I would have acknowledged sooner. I will attempt 1^(###)^###- (where ^ is a space) under the numbers tab, when time permits. 1. I believe that as soon as I begin typing into the definition box, it

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
Jonathan, Actually Vince’s (the OP) original question was about 1+ (###) ###- not +1 (###) ###-. He also asked about (###) ###- as an alternative. Both were addressed several responses ago including an incorrection in regards to those solutions. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Fe

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-26 Thread toki
On 25/02/2022 19:58, Alan B wrote: Correction After applying the recommended format, (###) ###-, and entering 1234567890 the displayed value will be (123) 456-7890. Your original question was asking about +1 (###) ###-, not (###) ###-. jonathon OpenPGP_0xA759EEC77A18EA38.asc D

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-25 Thread Alan B
Correction After applying the recommended format, (###) ###-, and entering 1234567890 the displayed value will be (123) 456-7890. No idea how/why I typed what's in my original answer. My apology for any confusion I may have caused. On Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 8:20 AM Alan B wrote: > To format a

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-25 Thread Alan B
To format a ten digit number as (555) 555-1212 use the following format code (###) ###- Enter the ten digits into the cell, e.g. 1234567890, and the number will be displayed as (120) 456-7890 NOTE: area code must not start with zero. Zero in any other position will maintain the format. There

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:53 24/02/2022 -0500, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Format the cell as text and enter the characters as you want them to be displayed. But that doesn't address the problem I understood the questioner to be posing: he wants, I think, to be able to enter just the ten digits and have the punctuat

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:17 24/02/2022 -0600, Steven Ahlers wrote: It does drop a leading zero in the area code. It doesn't drop leading zeros from the prefix series or the exchange series. In the USA no area code starts with a zero so this would be a nonissue. Ho, ho: indeed so! But look what happens if the us

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Keith, The formatting that I shared works fine for USA phone numbers. I’ve used it for many years for tracking a list of contact information of a fantasy football league. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 24, 2022, at 6:53 PM, Keith N. McKenna > wrote: > > In article <64a75984-4f03-422e-

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
In article <64a75984-4f03-422e-7ccb-0358112cb1f6 @verizon.net>, wa.two...@verizon.net.INVALID says... > > Hi: > > How do I format cells for entry of USA Telephone Numbers, as:     1 > (###) ###*-* > > whenever, for example,I have typed a ten-digit number, e.g., 1234567890 > (no spaces,

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Brian, It does drop a leading zero in the area code. It doesn’t drop leading zeros from the prefix series or the exchange series. In the USA no area code starts with a zero so this would be a nonissue. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 24, 2022, at 9:44 AM, Brian Barker > wrote: > > At 0

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:18 24/02/2022 -0600, Steven Ahlers wrote: If you want the format of 1 (123) 456-7890 simply type in the format definition box (near the bottom of the pop up menu for Format Cell under the Numbers tab) 1^(###)^###- (where ^ is a space). But that format will (inappropriately) lose lead

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Vince, If you want the format of 1 (123) 456-7890 simply type in the format definition box (near the bottom of the pop up menu for Format Cell under the Numbers tab) 1^(###)^###- (where ^ is a space). There is no need for quotation marks. You can put any text you want when you are defining

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-23 Thread PCS
Setting the cell format to “Text” and entering the number exactly as you want it to look should do the trick, though the use of brackets (and maybe some other characters?) will give an invalid formula correction warning to which you will have to respond “No”. The resultant text does not have to

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-23 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:33 23/02/2022 -0500, Vince Bonly wrote: How do I format cells for entry of USA Telephone Numbers, as: 1 (###) ###*-* I don't understand those asterisks; I'm assuming you don't mean them. Yes, I want the "1" prefix, the area code to appear within parenthesis, and a negative/minus sig

Re: formatting; hyphens, dashes and SpellCheck

2021-12-23 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:41 16/12/2021 +, Ralph McCrum wrote: Good Luck Ken [who asked to be able to turn off all automatic formatting changes]. I DON'T want automatic bulleting or paragraph numbering And A Few Other Things either. But After The Answers I Got On Bullets And Numbering, I Never Ask About Anythi

Re: formatting; hyphens, dashes and SpellCheck

2021-12-16 Thread Ralph McCrum
Good Luck Ken. I DON'T want automatic bulleting or paragraph numbering And A Few Other Things either. But After The Answers I Got On Bullets And Numbering, I Never Ask About Anything Else. I'll Be Watching To See If You Get Better Answers Than I Did Ralph -- Original Message -- From:

Re: Formatting a Newsletter Containing an Index

2020-12-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:12 10/12/2020 +0100, Martin Groenescheij wrote: The definition from PC Magazine What is the difference between a hard and soft return in Word? *Hard return*: Pressing the *Enter* key in *Word* ends a paragraph. It's officially known as typing a *hard return*. ... The *soft return*, or *

Re: formatting

2020-12-11 Thread Nicholas Andrefsky
Thanks, I'll check it out. On Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 7:27 AM Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:33:09 + (UTC) > nicholas wrote: > > > Hi > > > > In an effort to create a document that can be printed in landscape > as an 8.5 x 5.5 folding book, I have been struggling with the

Re: formatting

2020-12-11 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:33:09 + (UTC) nicholas wrote: >     Hi > >     In an effort to create a document that can be printed in landscape as an > 8.5 x 5.5 folding book, I have been struggling with the page set up. > >     Top and bottom margins are set at .59 >     Left and right margins s

Re: Formatting a Newsletter Containing an Index

2020-12-10 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 10/12/2020 18:33, Brian Barker wrote: At 21:05 10/12/2020 +1000, Jean Lear wrote: I knew there were Hard Returns and Soft Returns but never consciously used them. I now have to understand which, when and where to use them as I add items to the Newsletter. The terms "hard return" and "soft

Re: Formatting a Newsletter Containing an Index

2020-12-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:05 10/12/2020 +1000, Jean Lear wrote: I knew there were Hard Returns and Soft Returns but never consciously used them. I now have to understand which, when and where to use them as I add items to the Newsletter. The terms "hard return" and "soft return" are probably unhelpful. Indeed, W

Re: Formatting a Newsletter Containing an Index

2020-12-10 Thread Jean Lear
Thank you to Martin and Brian I have now sorted this out. I knew there were Hard Returns and Soft Returns but never consciously used them. I now have to understand which, when and where to use them as I add items to the Newsletter. I do not know how I have managed to format the Newsletter for the

Re: Formatting

2020-08-10 Thread Howard Bennett
Brian Thanks. That works. Howard On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 11:06 Brian Barker wrote: > At 10:42 10/08/2020 -0400, Howard Bennett wrote: > >In Excel ... > > Excel is also available! > > >For instance, I might have 2 or 3 columns fall under the heading > >Summer (weight, height, blood pressure).

Re: Formatting

2020-08-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:42 10/08/2020 -0400, Howard Bennett wrote: In Excel ... Excel is also available! For instance, I might have 2 or 3 columns fall under the heading Summer (weight, height, blood pressure). I cannot find a way to center "Summer" o Select the three cells which you want the main heading to

Re: Formatting cells

2018-12-06 Thread David Robley
On 7/12/18 2:46 pm, Brian Barker wrote: At 03:50 07/12/2018 +, John van Barneveld wrote: I use 4.1.5 on Win10. Is it possible to set numeric formatting so that 4 decimal places are displayed and if the value in a cell is zero then that cell displays as Blank. Yes; enter [=0]"";0. in

Re: Formatting cells

2018-12-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 03:50 07/12/2018 +, John van Barneveld wrote: I use 4.1.5 on Win10. Is it possible to set numeric formatting so that 4 decimal places are displayed and if the value in a cell is zero then that cell displays as Blank. Yes; enter [=0]"";0. into the "Format code" box. I trust this hel

Re: formatting

2018-07-30 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:52:43 -1000 Joan Rawson wrote: > I would like instructions about formatting > johnrawsonpharmac...@gmail.com > You may find this document helpful: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Writer_for_Students -- Rory O'Farrell

Re: formatting

2018-07-30 Thread Wade Smart
Formatting what? -- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered Linux Machine: #408606 Linux since June 2005 On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Joan Rawson wrote: > I would like instructions about formatting > johnrawsonpharmac...@gmail.com > > -

Re: Formatting Pages in Calc

2017-03-03 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:44 02/03/2017 +, John van Barneveld wrote: I have a spreadsheet with four sheets, the third of which I want printed in landscape and the rest in portrait. It seems when I set in Format-Page it formats all four the same ... Because you are modifying the page style which currently ap

Re: Formatting Pages in CaLc

2017-03-02 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 03/03/17 11:15 AM, Julian THOMAS wrote: Sent from JT's iMini - using voice dictation! On Mar 2, 2017, at 18:44, John van Barneveld wrote: This is fine for printing but I want to save a four page .pdf with the one page as landscape. Can anyone tell me how to go about this please. Brut

Re: Formatting Pages in CaLc

2017-03-02 Thread Julian THOMAS
Sent from JT's iMini - using voice dictation! > On Mar 2, 2017, at 18:44, John van Barneveld > wrote: > > This is fine for printing but I want to save a four page .pdf with the one > page as landscape. Can anyone tell me how to go about this please. Brute force solution: print the landscap

Re: Formatting a hyperlink in Calc

2014-03-02 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Tools --> Options --> Appearance ... Visited Links On 3-3-2014 3:47, William K Helbig Jr wrote: Can anyone please me how to format a hyperlink in a Calc cell to appear the way I want it to, not just the way Openoffice wants? Skip H