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Re: Major data loss: Calc formatting numbers

by Gordon Burgess-Parker-5 :: Rate this Message:

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Dotan Cohen wrote:

> A new OOo user is using Calc to store information on volunteers in an
> organization. Israeli ID numbers are 9 digits in length, such as this:
> 317907977
>
> However, Calc has reformated them to this:
> 317908000
>
> This is a major dataloss for the organization. The person in charge is
> pissed, and both myself and OOo are to blame. OOo is already coming
> off their machines (14 desktops, and I think a few laptops as well)
> and I am tasked with recovering the missing data. Is this possible?
>
>  
Well you certainly seem to have something very ODD going on - Calc 3.01
here doesn't do that, it just displays the original 9-digit number...

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