Christian Foerg wrote: > >>> On Friday June 01 2007 3:21 am, Christian Foerg wrote: >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I've got a very annoying configuration problem. >>> My default language is German (Germany) so I'd like to have German >>> default settings. Except one: The decimal seperator. >>> Is it possible to change the default decimal seperator without >>> changing the default language? At the moment I see onely the option >>> to set the "decimal seperator key", with is not very helpfull. I've >>> already got a changed keyboard layout. >>> Thanks >>> Christian >>> Some informations: >>> OpenOffice 2.2.0 - English (GUI) >>> with german language >>> on Windows XP 32bit >>> and self made keyboard layout (German with dot on numblock) > >> On Friday June 01 2007 05:41 am, Dan Lewis wrote: >> Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages. Uncheckthe "Decimal >> separator key". According to help, OOo should then usewhatever your >> keyboard software uses. If your keyboard software saysit is a "." , you >> should be alright.Dan > > That's not completely right. > The keyboard layout says "." and Calc writes a ".". > But won't interprete it like a decimal seperator. > So it converts the decimal numbers into DATES. > This behavior changes with the "Locale Settings". But I don't like to have > US settings like the annoying date formate. > > Another idea: > Is it possible to write your own "Locale Settings" to specifie such > things? > > > Thanks > > Christian > > You could use the German (Switzerland) locale. For an analysis of the subject, look at Villeroy's posts on the following thread: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=57522 -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Decimal-seperator-tf3850982.html#a10983063 Sent from the openoffice - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
