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The easiest way is to enter the number starting with an apostrophe (for example, <item type="input">'0987</item>). The apostrophe will not appear in the cell, and the number will be formatted as text. Because it is in text format, however, you cannot calculate with this number.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154013" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="57">Format a cell with a number format such as <item type="input">\0000</item>. This format can be assigned in the <emph>Format code</emph> field under the <emph>Format - Cells - Numbers</emph> tab, and defines the cell display as "always put a zero first and then the integer, having at least three places, and filled with zeros at the left if less than three digits".</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150011" role="paragraph" l10n="E" oldref="66" 58cdf0e10cSrcweir localize="false"/> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153158" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="58">If you want to apply a numerical format to a column of numbers in text format (for example, text "000123" becomes number "123"), do the following:</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149377" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="59">Select the column in which the digits are found in text format. Set the cell format in that column as "Number".</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154944" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="60">Choose <emph>Edit - Find & Replace</emph> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir </paragraph> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154510" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="61">In the <emph>Search for</emph> box, enter <item type="input">^[0-9]</item> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir </paragraph> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155068" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="62">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, enter <item type="input">&</item> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir </paragraph> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149018" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="63">Check <emph>Regular expressions</emph> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir </paragraph> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156382" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="64">Check <emph>Current selection only</emph> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir </paragraph> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146916" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="65">Click <emph>Replace All</emph> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir </paragraph> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp#text_numbers"/> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/guide/format_value.xhp#format_value"/> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>