On 03/29/2011 04:25 AM, Cevad OZTUG wrote: > > Thanks to you all dear friends for your valuable comments. > > The problem I stated was independent from the operating system (windows > or Linux behaviors were just the same) and I am using English version of > LO 3.2. > > I was looking a windows - MS Office way of handling localization and > customization of predefined special symbols for thousand separator or > decimal point symbol or so. > > My conclusions after all discussions and contributions: > > 1. LO is not referring to system settings (-such as decimal point > character or thousand separator character). (P.S. To Developers: > Difficult to understand, why not?) > > 2. There is no way to customize those symbols/characters. (P.S. to > Developers: More difficult to understand, why not?) > > 3. The only way is to choose from pre-defined locale settings which > suits best. (P.S. Default US-EN suits me best (-not perfect) for all > other aspects and I will continue to use that set) > > 4. There is only one possibility to alter the predefined characters and > it is providing a new dictionary file. (P.S. I have no idea how to do > it? Where and how should I start to study the issue? )
For the interim, why not try as Johnny suggested? Tools|Options|Language Settings|Languages|Local setting: German (Liechtenstein)|Default Currency: set to your choice. Then in Calc: Format|Cells|Number: -1'234.12|OK Your example number then shows as 123'456'789.00 -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
