Hi :) I think the usual way is to avoid typing in the $ sign and just let the cell formatting put that in front for you. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Saturday, 9 March 2013, 6:00 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc > >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 > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >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: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
