Brian: That was some help. I turned off the alignment in the Input in Tables (under Options). Now it doesn't change the format. Thanks. I still have problems with the number format. I set the cell to currency format with a default $0.00 in the cell. When I attempt to insert additional numerals it changes the format to text. I can change it back to currency but it has no effect. In other words it doesn't insert commas. I turned number recognition on and off, but this had no effect. Today I discovered that if I completely erase the original cell content then insert new numerals it will properly format it. Go figure. It looks like I'll just have to leave blank cells in the form. I appreciate your ideas. Paul -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Writer-Tables-problem-tp4089049p4089554.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@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