Changing Number and Currency Formats

The following settings are maintained in the Region Format tab of your Preferences window.

The Number and Currency Formats section of the Region Format tab of your Preferences allows you to:

Select Preferred Region from a list. This is the region that you want.
Set the Decimal Symbol for your currency from a list.
Set Digit Grouping from a list.
Set Show Currency Symbol to show or not.
Note: If the administrator does not select the Show Currency Symbol option, the system ignores the options that are selected for Positive Currency Format and Negative Currency Format, and does not display symbols. The following applies to all objects (such as Form, Sheet, Cash Flow, Dashboard, and Log) that use the Currency Data Element.
Set Digit Grouping Symbol from a list.
Set Positive Currency Format from a list.
Set Negative Currency Format from a list.
Set Negative Number Format from a list.

When finished, click Apply and then OK.

The Number and Currency Formats section of the Region Format tab also provides examples for the following:

Currency
Decimal Number
Integer Number

The examples show the arrangement of the numbers (the way the numbers are displayed) in the forms when a particular formatting option has been selected.

For decimal numeric data, the precision is governed by the "Decimal Places" set in the Data Element properties.

Note: When the Company Administrator creates a User and selects a language, the values of the number formats are populated accordingly and displayed in the Region Format tab of the Preferences window. The number formatting options are not displayed in the User Properties window. The number formatting options are displayed in the Preferences window. If the Company Administrator changes the language value in the User Properties window, the Region Format tab of the Preferences window shows the same languages as in User Properties window and the number formatting options remain the same.

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