Microsoft KB Archive/926228

= You may receive a comma in addition to a period when you use the numeric keypad to type a period in a dialog box in Excel 2003 =

Article ID: 926228

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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SYMPTOMS
You use the numeric keypad to type a period in a dialog box in Microsoft Office Excel 2003. When you do this, you may receive a comma in addition to a period.

This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
 * You installed support in Excel 2003 for the German keyboard.
 * You modified the Number handling settings on the International tab to use something other than the system defaults for decimal separators and for thousands separators.

Note To locate the International tab, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the International tab.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use one of the following methods:
 * Use the keyboard to type the period instead of using the numeric keypad to type a period.
 * Manually delete the unwanted comma.

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