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Permanently and globally stop openoffice calc from autocorrecting dates/time

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Mar 15, 20267619 views
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When I type "15:45" or "21/12" openoffice Calc changes it to "15:45:00" and "21-12-2011". How do I disable this globally and permanently? I know you can use "Format cell..." and then select text, but I never ever want it to autocorrect dates/time.

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Fix for: Permanently and globally stop openoffice calc from autocorrecting dates/time

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This seems to be one of the most-disputed features of OOo.Calc. Calc needs to know whether to treat input as number or as text. It defaults to number, since it's main purpose is calculating stuff. Up to now, AFAIK there are only two methods to prese…

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