Writer automatic formatting

[wmmpayne]

Using Writer to do invoices/quotations. Had been using MS Office and converted all .docs, etc. to .odt, etc. Virtually no problems until the 2.3 upgrade. I'm using tables in an invoice format. In one field I have been using a 10/5 number format. Now whenever I enter this it defaults to a date format. I've tried cut & pasting from old invoices and it converts the old data to the date format. I'm sure there Is a formatting command that I'm just overlooking, but I can't find it.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Toshiba P205S6267 running Windows Vista Home Premium purchased in April. Converted to Open Office immediately after purchasing.

[foxcole]

I'm using tables in an invoice format.

You mean your invoices are laid out in tables?

In one field I have been using a 10/5 number format. Now whenever I enter this it defaults to a date format.

What is a 10/5 number format?
By "field" do you mean "table cell" or are you referring to a form field or user field?

[wmmpayne]

Check the file I uploaded off an old invoice. It would be a table cell.

[foxcole]

It looks fine to me on WinXP... I see 10/5 there, and 10/5 when I delete and re-type it in.

Try entering that same format in other parts of the document; this cell appears to be the only location where you have a number in that format, which just happens to be in a table cell, but my bet is that it's a higher level setting than that.

[Hagar Delest]

+1.
No problem with the file. Can change 10/5 to 11/2 without any formatting change.