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How do I stop Open Office from automatically changing the date format?

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I am trying to enter a date in a document with the following format: However, OpenOffice insists on changing it to: I've looked in the AutoCorrect options and elsewhere and have been unable to find a way to disable this annoying behaviour. Any suggestions?

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1 September 2010

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Fix for: How do I stop Open Office from automatically changing the date format?

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This is a special auto-correct behaviour that is only active for tables in Writer (not in Calc). It is controlled under: Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer > Table > Input in tables > Number recognition Uncheck that option to disable the autoco…

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