Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

On 2013-03-10 07:12, Dan Lewis wrote:
> On 03/09/2013 01:00 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > 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
>      I use LO 3.6.5.2 from the LO website. When I write $2,441.99, 
> Calc recognizes it as a currency. When I copy it and then paste it 
> into a cell, I get the Import Options dialog. At its bottom is the 
> Options and a box that should be checked any time the data contains 
> special numbers such as dates, currencies, etc.
>     So I have 2 ways to paste currency: click the box in the Option 
> section, or paste special.
>     However, if you have gotten you version of LO from a repository 
> rather than from the LO website, your version may not have the Import 
> Options dialog.
>
> --Dan
Thanks for the help. I may have figured it. If I copy and paste from a 
plain text document it works fine.
If I copy and paste from another source, say a web page I have a 
problem. If I copy and paste into writer, and then copy again into calc 
I am fine. I think I have to do this to copy html tables from the web to 
calc.
Cheers, Steve

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