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   Michael F. Stemper to red floyd   
   Re: LibreOffice spreadsheet   
   14 Sep 22 08:29:48   
   
   From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 13/09/2022 17.05, red floyd wrote:   
   > On 9/13/2022 1:50 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   >> I have a spreadsheet in which I track all of my hiking. Today,   
   >> I tried to enter the following into a cell:   
   >>   
   >>    E pkg lot to top, along bluff to Loop Trail, back down   
   >>   
   >> However, it keeps changing "Loop Trail" to "loop trail". Since   
   >> "Loop Trail" is the name of a trail, it is a proper noun, and   
   >> should be capitalized.   
      
   >> What do I have to do to get it to stop messing with my   
   >> perfectly cromulent text?   
   >   
   > Leading single quote, maybe?  I believe that flags it as text data.   
      
   Well, that does allow me to capitalize the name of the trail.   
   Unfortunately, it now has a (quite visible) leading single quote.   
      
   With your suggestion as a hint, I tried using "Format Cells" to change   
   the cell from "General" to "Text". That didn't help, either.   
      
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   Michael F. Stemper   
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