On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:35:48 +0000 Harold Fuchs wrote: > On Friday, January 26, 2007 12:26 AM [GMT+1=CET], > Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Two boxes, physically side by side. Both W98SE on OO.o2.1 > > > > One works perfectly when "Format - Cells... Numbers Tab - Date > > format" is changed the other stays at the default format. Currency > > format works fine on the same sheet. > > > > I have tried: > > * Comparing setups in Tools - Options > > * Uninstalling (Via add/remove software) / Reinstalling > > * Repairing (Via add/remove software) > > * Two hours scanning records of this mailing list. > > > > Dates were manually entered as "22/1/07 - 26/1/07" on both machines. > > Both computers use this format in W98 regional settings. NOTE: it is > > not US date format intentionally. > > > > Stumped, is there a file/folder i can remove? > > > > Any other advice? > > > > -- > > Michael > > Those that can, do; those that can't, teach. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Within Windows, what are the locales and other international settings > on the two machines?
Identical NZ setup. Am on linux at home at present but am assuming you mean in the "regional setting section" or whatever-its-called of the control panel. > > Are the two machines running the same Windows *patch* levels? > Pretty much running unpatched standalone, installs from the same 98SE media disk. DLL's could have been updated differently by different installation programs. > Within OO, what are the *cell* attributes on the two machines (a) > before changing the format and (b) after changing it? Note, not the > global settings from Tools>Options>... but the actual attributes of > the cells. Am unsure what you mean by cell attributes. But this behaviour occurs on vanilla new sheets. How do i read off the cell attributes you are talking about. > Harold Fuchs > London, England > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
