On Wednesday 16 March 2005 05:28, + Rowan Shee wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 with Windows XP. I am writing text
> documents using some tables, but when I type a numerical fraction into a
> table cell, AutoCorrect converts these fractions into a date; eg 9/16
> becomes 01/09/16. I know how to turn off this function for fractions in the
> general text, but cannot find anywhere in the Help contents how to stop
> this happening in tables. Could you please let me know if there is a way to
> do this?

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On Thursday 17 March 2005 05:20, Russell Butler wrote:
>
> Try right-click on cell - choose Number Format. Set to "text" or
> whatever works for you. I am told that putting an apostrophe as the
> first character also forces "text."

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