<p class="Paragraph">You can also enter numbers in the "Text" format. <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>Format the desired cells with the format "Text" (open the context menu of the cell and choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Format Cells - Numbers - Text</span> category), and enter numbers in the cells. These will be interpreted as text. The display of these "numbers" is left-justified just like normal text. But note: You cannot calculate with numbers in text format!</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you have already entered normal numbers in cells and have afterwards changed the format of the cells to "Text", the numbers will remain normal numbers. They will not be converted. <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>Only numbers entered thereafter or numbers which are then edited will become "text" numbers.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you decide to enter a number directly as text, enter an apostrophe (') first, for example for years in column headings '1999, '2000 and '2001. The apostrophe is not visible in the cell, it only signalizes that the entry is to be recognized as a text. This is useful, for example, if you enter a telephone number or ZIP code that begins with a zero (0), because a zero (0) at the start of a sequence of digits is removed in normal number formats.</p>
