Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc insists on capitalizing m^2 ...

Brian and Johnny,

On 2022-05-01 08:50, Brian Barker wrote, and
On 2022-05-01 10:52, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> Den sön 1 maj 2022 kl 14:46 skrev John Kaufmann:
>
> > ... or any other quantity raised to any other power.  Of course this is
> > silly in a spreadsheet, where one wants to identify a measurement.
> >
> > "m" is OK, but "m^2" gets auto-'corrected' to "M^2". Likewise "Cm^2",
> > "In^2", "Ft^2", "Inch^2", and so forth.
> >
> > It's embarrassing that I don't see how to turn off this behavior.
>
> Tools → Options for Auto-correction… → Click the Options tab → ☐ Start
> every sentence with a capital letter

I /thought/ I had done that (hence the embarrassment). Now I find that I had clicked the box above 
(so the embarrassment is compounded).
[The things one does in the wee hours of the morning ...]

> You can also just type m², then you don't need to change any settings. And
> it looks better.

I never thought about that! For decades, through many spreadsheet programs, my habit has been to 
treat text cells like formula cells. For me, learning that it's not necessary represents a 
conceptual leap. ;-)  Thanks.

Every day is a school day.  Thanks again to both of you,
John

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