Formatting problem using SQL*Plus Worksheet

Hi!
I would like to format values in a column. It is stored in the database as 'C' or 'F' or 'I'
and I would like to see 'Corporate', 'Foundation' and 'Individuals' in my report.
What is the command to "mask" these values into the values I would like to see?
Thanks!

Thanks, it works fine, just one more thing: the column formatting doesn't work any more...
column dt format a15 heading 'Donor Type'
column pn heading 'Program'
column amount format 9999999999 heading 'Contributions|This Quarter'
SELECT decode(dt,'C','Corporate','F','Foundation','I','Individual','Unknown'), pn, amount from a10;
So it displays 'decode(dt' instead of 'Donor Type'
It seems that the first line has no effect on the decoded column...

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