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------- Additional comments from reg...@openoffice.org Wed Dec 23 11:05:09 +0000 2009 ------- You find a very large discussion about using text as numbers in issue 5658. to 1 and 3: For converting text back to number use the way fst describes in issue 24374. Another way is via extension http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/CT2N to 4: Because they are formatted numeric, but the actual content is text. This fact uses fst in his find&replace solution. to 2: 'Why'-questions are difficult to be answered. You are asking about a twenty years old design decision. That is nothing for issue tracker, but for a mailing list. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sc.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sc.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
