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alexlll862 on Sept 15, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks...

That feature already exists. It's technically not a "checkbox", but you can set a cell (or all of them) as string type in like 3 clicks.

epistasis on Sept 15, 2024 | [–]

The problem was that you could not import the data without it being destroyed. By the time you could see it in Excel, the conversion had already been completed, without a way to get text.

Arrath on Sept 15, 2024 | [–]

Still, an easy footgun to stumble into if you weren't mindful when setting up your spreadsheet

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