Microsoft KB Archive/197550

= PRJ: Project Does Not Use Some System Regional Settings =

Article ID: 197550

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1a

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This article was previously published under Q197550



SYMPTOMS
When you change some system Regional Settings, the settings may not be displayed properly in Microsoft Project.

NOTE: To change the system Regional Settings in Windows, click Start, point to Control Panel, and then double-click the Regional Settings icon.



CAUSE
The following system Regional Settings are not used as expected by Microsoft Project to display numbers:   On the Number tab                     How used by Microsoft Project ---          -   Decimal symbol                        Affects currencies in Project Digit grouping symbol                Affects currencies in Project No. of digits after decimal          Not used by Microsoft Project No. of digits in group               Not used by Microsoft Project Negative sign symbol                 Not used by Microsoft Project Negative number format               Not used by Microsoft Project Display leading zeros                Not used by Microsoft Project List separator                       Not used by Microsoft Project

On the Currency tab                  How used by Microsoft Project ---          -   Currency symbol                       Not used by Microsoft Project Position of currency symbol          Not used by Microsoft Project Negative number format               Not used by Microsoft Project Decimal symbol                       Not used by Microsoft Project No. of digits after decimal          Not used by Microsoft Project Digit grouping symbol                Not used by Microsoft Project No. of digits in group               Not used by Microsoft Project NOTE: You can change the following currency settings in Microsoft Project:


 * Currency Symbol
 * Currency Symbol Placement
 * Currency Decimal Digits

To change these options, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the View tab.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: PRJ98

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB197550

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