On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 16:41, Andreas Säger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Again the same trouble. Here we go again:
Yes, every few months. I hate it more than you do, trust me.
> He should set his application locale to something like English(UK).
> Currently it might be set to English(USA).
> Tools>Options...LanguageSettings>Languages>Locale Setting
Andreas, thank you. I have in my personal notes to change the locale,
but I was changing the system locale, not the OOo locale. I completely
forgot, OOo ignores the system locale in Linux. I have updated my
notes to clarify that the OOo locale must be independently set.
Thanks!
> This affects the input method for all numbers and default formatting for all
> table cells (incl. Writer), form controls, numeric Writer fields, string
> conversion in Basic macros and the way how VALUE("1/2/99") works.
> On cell/field/control level you may also set the number format locale to
> something different than the default locale.
>
Greetings from Be'er Sheva,
Dotan Cohen
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