I had written: > When I changed, in the Windows system locale, the monetary setting to > Euros, all monetary amounts in all my Works spreadsheeds were > effektively multiplied by 1.95583 (i. e., Works simply displayed an > €-sign in place of the former "DM"). Incredible!
Lars Kristan wrote: > Of course if it was not that way and you would for some reason decide to use > DEM instead of DM (or Lit. instead of L.), then you would complain about the > design flaw because your old entries would not be updated. Oh no, I was complaining that the entries have change, at all! When I enter 17,00 DM I do not want to read 17,00 €, the other day. The design flaw is that Works does not note the currency, but simply inserts the current system-wide locale setting without even asking. Same problem, most probably, when I would send my spreadsheet abroad: suddenly, my 5 € will become 5 $, 5 £, 5 ¥, or whatever. Of course, a function to update the old DM entries to equivalent € amounts would come handy, but my previous note did not ask for it. Best wishes, Otto Stolz
