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  40 <topic id="textscalcguideinteger_leading_zeroxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Entering a Number with Leading Zeros</title>
  42 <filename>/text/scalc/guide/integer_leading_zero.xhp</filename>
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  46 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147560"><bookmark_value>zero values; entering leading zeros</bookmark_value>
  47 <bookmark_value>numbers; with leading zeros</bookmark_value>
  48 <bookmark_value>leading zeros</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>integers with leading zeros</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>numbers; changing text/number formats</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>cells; changing text/number formats</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>formats; changing text/number</bookmark_value>
  53 <bookmark_value>text in cells; changing to numbers</bookmark_value>
  54 <bookmark_value>converting; text to numbers</bookmark_value>
  55 </bookmark><comment>UFI: inserted "converting;text to numbers"</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="67"><variable id="integer_leading_zero"><link href="text/scalc/guide/integer_leading_zero.xhp" name="Entering a Number with Leading Zeros">Entering a Number with Leading Zeros</link>
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  57 <section id="inttext">
  58 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153194" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">There are various ways to enter integers starting with a zero:</paragraph>
  59 <list type="unordered">
  60 <listitem>
  61 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Enter the number as text. 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>
  62 </listitem>
  63 <listitem>
  64 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154013" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">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>
  65 </listitem>
  66 </list>
  67 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E" oldref="66" localize="false"/>
  68 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153158" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">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>
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  70 <listitem>
  71 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149377" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">Select the column in which the digits are found in text format. Set the cell format in that column as "Number".</paragraph>
  72 </listitem>
  73 <listitem>
  74 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154944" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Choose <emph>Edit - Find &amp; Replace</emph>
  75 </paragraph>
  76 </listitem>
  77 <listitem>
  78 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154510" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">In the <emph>Search for</emph> box, enter <item type="input">^[0-9]</item>
  79 </paragraph>
  80 </listitem>
  81 <listitem>
  82 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155068" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, enter <item type="input">&amp;</item>
  83 </paragraph>
  84 </listitem>
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  86 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="63">Check <emph>Regular expressions</emph>
  87 </paragraph>
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  90 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64">Check <emph>Current selection only</emph>
  91 </paragraph>
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  94 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146916" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">Click <emph>Replace All</emph>
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