Re: [OOo-Hebrew] Re: [users] Converting dates

Hi everyone,

Actually there is a way to convert an arbitrary date from Gregorian to 
Hebrew in Writer, if  you use tables. In tables, you can format cells as 
well, and if you turn on "Number recognition", you can convert dates.

This is from the OOo help:
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OpenOffice.org can automatically format dates that you have entered into 
a table, according to the regional settings specified in your operating 
system.

Do one of the following:

    *

      Right-click in a table cell and choose *Number recognition*. When
      this feature is on, a check mark is displayed in front of the
      *Number recognition *command.

    *

      Choose *Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org Writer - Table*, and
      select or clear the *Number recognition *check box.


Alan

Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote:

> Hi Alan, Shoshannah, Jonathon,
> There is not way to convert an arbitrary date between calendars in 
> Writer. In Writer you can do the following to convert the current date:
>
> 1. Insert->Fields->Date
> 2. Double-left-click on the date to open the date format dialog box
> 3. Scroll to bottom of the formats
> 4. double-click on additional formats opens the additional date format 
> dialog box
> 5. Select desired language
>
> Note that calendar system is linked with the concept of language in 
> OOo. There is no concept of a Hebrew date in any of the English 
> locales, e.g. 17th Tevet 5735.
>
> In Calc you can convert arbitrary dates because cells are typed data. 
> Enter arbirtart dates in some cells. Select a cell, then use the 
> Format->Cell function to select the language and format for the date.
> Regards,
>
>  - yba
>
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Alan Yaniger wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:16:17 +0200
>> From: Alan Yaniger <[email protected]>
>> To: Shoshannah Forbes <[email protected]>
>> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
>>     Jonathon Blake <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [OOo-Hebrew] Re: [users] Converting dates
>>
>> Hi Shoshannah,
>>
>> Jewish dates are included among OO's date formats, but AFAIK only if 
>> you set the date's language in the format window to Hebrew. In Calc, 
>> if you right click on a cell with a date, choose "Format Cells", and 
>> choose "Hebrew", as the language, you will see Jewish dates included 
>> among the date formats. However, the Jewish date will appear in 
>> Hebrew. I don't know if there's a way to get a Jewish date in English.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> Shoshannah Forbes wrote:
>>
>>> I suspect that the people in the Hebrew OpenOffice mailing list will 
>>> know the answer.
>>> Jonathan?
>>>
>>> 2006/11/21, Jonathon Blake < [email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>>
>>>     All:
>>>
>>>     Can OOo convert dates between Jewish and Gregorian Calenders?
>>>     If so, how?
>>>
>>>     Can OOo convert between any of the calender systems it can use?
>>>     If so, how?
>>>
>>>     [I searched the OOo website.  assuming that it uses "relevance" as
>>>     meaning "number of words that match an article, then none of the
>>>     10,000= hits it lists are "relevant" are relevant.]
>>>
>>>     The "insert function" does not appear to have a "change calendar"
>>>     function.
>>>
>>>     xan
>>>
>>>     jonathon
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