Hi :) You can always try to use Paste Special Shift Ctrl V and choose "unformatted text". I'm not sure if that will strip the ' off the front or the " marks from around it but it';s got to be worth a try when pasting stuff from websites. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Steve Edmonds <[email protected]> >To: Dan Lewis <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, 9 March 2013, 21:41 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc > > >On 2013-03-10 07:12, Dan Lewis wrote: >> On 03/09/2013 01:00 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: >>> Hi. >>> If I type or paste $2,441.99 into a cell in calc (3.6) it is left aligned. >>> If I right click format cell it states number-general. >>> If I divide it by 2 I get #value! >>> >>> How do I get LO to recognise this as a number. I found a long winded way, >>> format it as currency and remove the ' that LO puts in front. >>> Steve >> I use LO 3.6.5.2 from the LO website. When I write $2,441.99, Calc >>recognizes it as a currency. When I copy it and then paste it into a cell, I >>get the Import Options dialog. At its bottom is the Options and a box that >>should be checked any time the data contains special numbers such as dates, >>currencies, etc. >> So I have 2 ways to paste currency: click the box in the Option section, >>or paste special. >> However, if you have gotten you version of LO from a repository rather >>than from the LO website, your version may not have the Import Options dialog. >> >> --Dan >Thanks for the help. I may have figured it. If I copy and paste from a plain >text document it works fine. >If I copy and paste from another source, say a web page I have a problem. If I >copy and paste into writer, and then copy again into calc I am fine. I think I >have to do this to copy html tables from the web to calc. >Cheers, Steve > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
