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# Number Recognition

Toggles the setting for automatically recognizing numbers or dates that you enter into a table cell, converting them from text to an appropriate number format.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose Table - Number Recognition.

When this feature is on, a check mark is displayed in front of the Number Recognition command.

Specifies that numbers entered into a text table cell are recognized and formatted as numbers. Table cells in LibreOfficeDev Writer can recognize a number when it is represented in one of the number formats available in categories of Numbers, Percent, Currency, Date, Time, Scientific, Fraction and Boolean.

The recognized number is displayed with default number format for table cells, and sets the cell format to the recognized category. For example, if a number is recognized as Date, the cell format category is set to Date. You can set a specific number format for the cell, for example, a date entered as 2018-03-08 displays as Thursday March 8, 2018 when the cell number format is set to "Friday, December 31, 1999" in the Number Format dialog.

Recognized Date and Time numbers are converted to internal date and time serial values. Percent numbers are converted internally to their numeric values. Boolean values are converted internally to 0 or 1.

When an input cannot be recognized as a number, the number category changes to Text and the input is not changed.

If Number recognition is not marked in the Options, numbers are saved in text format and are automatically left-aligned.

Related Topics

LibreOfficeDev Writer Table Options

Turning Number Recognition On or Off in Tables

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