Hi :) Errr, you could format the cell as a text cell, perhaps just by typing in '10/30 The ' mark lets Calc know the cell is text.
Unfortunately i think that means the 10/30 can't be used in formulas! :( Btw Excel does the same thing jic you were wondering. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Saturday, 13 April 2013, 12:48 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] prevent automatic reduction of fractions > > >Readers, > >Is it possible to prevent calc from automatic reduction of fractions? >For example for a cell formatted as data type 'fraction': > >10/30 > >becomes > >1/3. > >How to stop this behaviour, so that '10/30' remains the values in the cell? > >-- >LO35 > >-- >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