Bug 59634

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Created attachment 73368 [details]
Demonstration of problem

Column A has 4 entries which all appear to be numbers. Column B is a description of what the entries in column A actually are. The text items - A1 and A4 - have a preceding '.

If A1:A4 is selected and then the menu Format|Cell is invoked; then the tab Numbers is chosen with Category = Number and Format = General; and then the Button OK is clicked on - this does not change the Text items to Numbers - they remain Text.

Comment on attachment 73368 [details]
Demonstration of problem

Column A has 4 entries which all appear to be numbers. Column B is a description of what the entries in column A actually are. The text items - A1 and A4 - have a preceding '.

If A1:A4 is selected and then the menu Format|Cell is invoked; then the tab Numbers is chosen with Category = Number and Format = General; and then the Button OK is clicked on - this does not change the Text items to Numbers - they remain Text.

@reporter:
Why do you think that that is a bug?
"'45" is very similar to "forty five", what also will not become "45" only because you change formatting of the cell. Please cite some Help or similar what tells that your expectation is correct!

I agree that it may not be a bug.

The 'numbers' in the column may not be sorted (correctly - that is).

When trying to format them as numbers LibreOffice should have no trouble recognizing that some of the values are not 'numbers' and should perhaps open a dialog box to offer me the opportunity to convert the 'text' numbers to 'numeric' numbers. This would make it possible for me to sort them.

I will submit it as a feature proposal.

Henry Beitz




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>Comment # 4 on bug 59634 from Rainer Bielefeld  
>@reporter:
Why do you think that that is a bug?
"'45" is very similar to "forty five", what also will not become "45" only
because you change formatting of the cell. Please cite some Help or similar
what tells that your expectation is correct!
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