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

Hi :)
You can always try to use Paste Special 
Shift Ctrl V
and choose "unformatted text".  I'm not sure if that will strip the ' off the front or the " marks 
from around it but it';s got to be worth a try when pasting stuff from websites.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
> To: Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> 
> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Saturday, 9 March 2013, 21:41
> Subject: 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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