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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> 49</listitem> 50<listitem> 51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154013" role="listitem" l10n="U">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> 52</listitem> 53</list> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150011" role="paragraph" l10n="E" localize="false"/> 55<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153158" role="paragraph" l10n="U">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> 56<list type="ordered"> 57<listitem> 58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149377" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the column in which the digits are found in text format. Set the cell format in that column as "Number".</paragraph> 59</listitem> 60<listitem> 61<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154944" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Edit - Find & Replace</emph> 62</paragraph> 63</listitem> 64<listitem> 65<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154510" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the <emph>Search for</emph> box, enter <item type="input">^[0-9]</item> 66</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155068" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, enter <item type="input">&</item> 70</paragraph> 71</listitem> 72<listitem> 73<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149018" role="listitem" l10n="U">Check <emph>Regular expressions</emph> 74</paragraph> 75</listitem> 76<listitem> 77<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156382" role="listitem" l10n="U">Check <emph>Current selection only</emph> 78</paragraph> 79</listitem> 80<listitem> 81<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146916" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click <emph>Replace All</emph> 82</paragraph> 83</listitem> 84</list> 85</section> 86<section id="relatedtopics"> 87<embed href="text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp#text_numbers"/> 88<embed href="text/scalc/guide/format_value.xhp#format_value"/> 89</section> 90</body> 91</helpdocument> 92