How to prevent OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc from changing what you input (data, numbers,…)

Question

Basically, I want LibreOffice Calc to do what I tell it, not what it wants.

For example:

• when I input 1.1.12, I want to have 1.1.12 in that cell, not 01.

Answer 1

When you are importing, you're given a bunch of options. Select "Quoted field as text" so any text inside quotes is treated as text which is interpreted by LibreOffice as sacred and they do not modify it in the way they they modify something that they identify as number