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Spreadsheet Dot-Comma Setup

HOWTO setup a spreadsheet to read and write dots for decimals. There are four steps to get to the windows control panel for decimal separators:

• Start button.

• Control Panel

• Date, Time, Language and Regional Options

• Change the format of numbers, dates, and times

Windows control panel for changing the decimal separator:

Step 5: You can select English or any other language that uses dots for decimals  ... OR ...

• Select the language you want and "Customize" to set:

  • Step 6: Set the Decimal symbol to "."

  • Step 7: Set the list separator to ","

The process changes depending on Windows distribution. Google "windows dot comma" for the specifics of your system/spreadsheet combination.

Europe Dot/Decimal:

To check if your spreadsheet is writing dots for decimals open a ReStackor input file at C:\ReStackor\Work_Dir\Stack.in.

All of the decimals should show a dot not a comma. If there are still comma's there you probably skipped a step above.