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[ILUG] OpenOffice and Autocorrect madness

[ILUG] OpenOffice and Autocorrect madness

Conor Daly conor.daly at oceanfree.net
Thu May 6 15:08:36 IST 2004


On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:42:29AM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Dermot Daly thought:
> 
> Using the writer, when I type a date such as 06/05/2004 in a table cell,
> it automatically changes it to 06/05/04.
> 
> I do not want this to happen.  I cannot find any option to avoid it
> happening.  I googled, and oooforum'd and have found nothing.

Right-click in table, uncheck "Number Recognition"

Conor
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