I meant text tables. Eureka!!!! it works. Migliore di thank you’s
On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > At 10:52 22/10/2014 -0400, Vincent A. Juliano wrote: >> I need to set coordinates for a bulkhead and I use the fraction system. >> However, when I try to enter the fractions into the table they end up as >> dates. > > When you say "table", do you mean a table - in a text document? I'm guessing > that you actually mean a spreadsheet. > >> As an example 4-2/3 ends up as 04/02/03. What must be done to enter mixed >> numbers into the table and have them remain mixed numbers. > > I think all you need to do is to lose that hyphen (or minus sign). Try "4 > 2/3". You can immediately see that this works if you enter something like "4 > 4/3". Fractions less than one can be entered as, for example "0 2/3". > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org