Microsoft KB Archive/29574

Engineering Number Format Not Supported

PSS ID Number: Q29574 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Word does not support the common engineering format for numbers in which commas (or periods in Europe) are replaced by spaces. Using such a format causes large numbers to be displayed as follows:

123 456 789

They are not displayed in their more common form, as follows:

123,456,789 (or 123.456.789)

Separating place holders with spaces is not supported by any well known, general-use spreadsheet. It is also unsupported in the international English versions of Word.

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