default currency

[gordon_the_singer]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I have changed the system preferences to UK Pound stirling however the xl currency changes my pound sign back to a dollar sign everytime I re-open ther spreadsheet?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Gordon -

I believe this is a known issue which is currently being worked on.
Hopefully the anticipated update [No, I have no idea when] will include
the fix.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[deb moser]

bought my xls as a spanish default. the arguments (calculations) seem to look for commas (not periods) when performing calculations. how do I change the default calculations?

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

bought my xls as a spanish default. the arguments (calculations) seem to look
for commas (not periods) when performing calculations. how do I change the
default calculations?

Excel gets this information from the system preferences. Change them there
and then quit and restart Excel.