Microsoft KB Archive/27565

Determining Currency Symbol Placement in Imported Data

PSS ID Number: Q27565 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00

MS-DOS

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The following conditions cause the currency symbol to be placed after the numeric value with Word Version 4.00:


 * 1) Using DOS Versions 2.x, 4.00, 4.00a, and 4.01.
 * 2) Importing spreadsheet data that has currency formatting with the Library Link command from Microsoft Multiplan or Lotus 1-2-3.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Word Version 4.00. This problem was corrected in Word Version 5.00.

The following conditions cause the currency symbol to be placed before or after the numeric value, depending on the setting of the DOS Country statement:


 * 1) Using DOS Versions 3.x.
 * 2) Importing spreadsheet data that has currency formatting from either Microsoft Multiplan, Lotus 1-2-3, or Microsoft Excel.

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