> Hi Christoph, > > at least for the German users, I read from the latest DIN 5008 that it > is definitely "allowed" to write 10.000 OR 10 000 up to taste. > > Got this info from working at office's April issue. They had it in > connection with currency, however, i. e. 10.000,00 EUR or 10 000,00 EUR. > > Anyway, these are just recommendations, and as far as I know, in normal > thinking countries (i. e. countries != Germany) they are taken for that :-) > > Rolf
Hi Rolf, the problem in Germany is, that the "rules" (better: guidelines) for offices and businesses on the one hand and for the "black art" on the other are different. I found the 1000/10 000 "rule" in some typography manuals (a DIN doesn't care about aesthetics). I didn't know them before and no one ever complained. But I have to say that numbers in a text which is supposed to be read (book, magazine) really look better in typographical style. I think if you're in DTP, people expect you to make a difference and they want a result which looks better than something written by a clerk with a certain word processing software. Christoph
