Removal of currency prefix in Ubuntu

[keithclark1966 at gmail.com]

nvsoar,

I should have thought of that on my own!  Thanks.

Keith



On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:52 AM, nvsoar <nvsoar at charter.net> wrote:

> On 8/21/2014 6:31 PM, keithclark1966 at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to remove the currency prefix, 'C' in my case.  I am already
>> using locale en_CA in Ubuntu and have also chose Canadian as my currency
>> in
>> GNUCash.  Is there anyway to do this?  With this prefix, it makes
>> exporting
>> reports to a spreadsheet useless as I cannot use the values in the cells.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Keith
>>
> Keith,
> See if the following is useful -
> Try using find and replace (ctl+h) on the spreadsheet column with the
> currency values -
> (Enter 'C' (no quotes) in the 'search for'; no entry in 'replace with';
> choose 'replace all'.)
> Ensure that the cells with the currency values are formatted as currency.
> (ctl+shift+4).
>
> nvsoar
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