Re: Gnumeric 0.57 - comment, request, and question.

[John Gill <bmrg gofree indigo ie>]

> However, the fact that you can't choose the "Text" data type seems weird
> to me, probably a bug, I'll have a look at it.

one other thing on formatting.  there are buttons to set the 
format to money, %, change number of decimal places, use 
commas.. but I haven't been able to find an easy way to put it 
back to general format (eg 

 
> > Question: Is there any basic reason why the number of columns
> > which can be simultaneously sorted is limited to 3?

In 0.57 it appears you can sort by as many columns as you have 
selected.  Just use the Add button.

I seem to recall Excel limits you to 3, but I may be doing it an 
injustice.

John