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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156383"><bookmark_value>numbers; automatic recognition in text tables</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>tables; number recognition</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>dates;formatting automatically in tables</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>recognition;numbers</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>MW added "recognition;"</comment>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155179" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="2">$[officename] can automatically format dates that you have entered into a table, according to the regional settings specified in your operating system.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155919" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="7">Right-click in a table cell and choose <item type="menuitem">Number recognition</item>. When this feature is on, a check mark is displayed in front of the <item type="menuitem">Number recognition</item> command.</paragraph>
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