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I dont know why they should not use 23,000 or 23 000 according to ISO. Writing numbers as numbers should become a worldwide standard. This will be useful for the readers as the numbers will look distinctive from words. Is it possible for ISO to make this a standard. Madan __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
