Thread: OpenOffice string formatting
ok, i've been beating head against wall trying 1 sorted out. have spreadsheet in open office, have bunch of fields 12 character alphanumeric strings. want these fields display mac address formatting like: 12:34:46:78:ab:cd.
if go format -> cells, if field full of numbers (with format string ##:##:##:##:##:##) doesn't work on text fields.
looking around i've found these formatting strings can separated sections semicolons different formatting depending on field content. officially oo's documentation says these fields are:
positive;negative;zero
investigating further suggests excel allows 1 step further of:
positive;negative;zero;text
tried giving format string of:
;;;##:##:##:##:##:##
format cell, instead of giving me field formatted mac address, quite literally string:
##:##:##:##:##:##
, can't seem find open office might take wild card can cell formatted. ideas? i'm hoping i'm missing obvious , indeed possible.
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