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Can I use individual international settings per worksheet?
I use Excel with both European and U.S. data and number formats. I know I
can change this setting using Tools/Options but as far as I can see this affects all worksheets. This means I can't have two worksheets with different formats open at the same time. This seems like a bad solution so I may well have overlooked something. Is it possible to set this individually for each worksheet? Willy Oslo, Norway |
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Tools/Options??? Isn't it Windows setting (ControlPanel.International) instead? Arvi Laanemets "Willy Verwoerd" wrote in message ... I use Excel with both European and U.S. data and number formats. I know I can change this setting using Tools/Options but as far as I can see this affects all worksheets. This means I can't have two worksheets with different formats open at the same time. This seems like a bad solution so I may well have overlooked something. Is it possible to set this individually for each worksheet? Willy Oslo, Norway |
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Hi Willy,
The answer is "yes". You have to "custom" format the cell(s) for one format or the other (even your own). Choose FormatCellsNumberCustom. Experiment with a few dates in cells and get the formats you desire. Regards Paul "Willy Verwoerd" wrote in message ... I use Excel with both European and U.S. data and number formats. I know I can change this setting using Tools/Options but as far as I can see this affects all worksheets. This means I can't have two worksheets with different formats open at the same time. This seems like a bad solution so I may well have overlooked something. Is it possible to set this individually for each worksheet? Willy Oslo, Norway |
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"Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message
... Hi Tools/Options??? Isn't it Windows setting (ControlPanel.International) instead? Excel has a setting which can override the international setting for Windows. Willy |
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Excel 2002 and later
Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Willy Verwoerd" wrote in message ... "Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message ... Hi Tools/Options??? Isn't it Windows setting (ControlPanel.International) instead? Excel has a setting which can override the international setting for Windows. Willy |
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Why would you need it? If you send a workbook with your international
settings to somebody with US settings it will change the date format automatically. Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Willy Verwoerd" wrote in message ... I use Excel with both European and U.S. data and number formats. I know I can change this setting using Tools/Options but as far as I can see this affects all worksheets. This means I can't have two worksheets with different formats open at the same time. This seems like a bad solution so I may well have overlooked something. Is it possible to set this individually for each worksheet? Willy Oslo, Norway |
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"Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message
... Why would you need it? If you send a workbook with your international settings to somebody with US settings it will change the date format automatically. Why not assume that I do need it? That might just be why I asked the question... :-) I have some spreadsheets that use live, continually updated data from U.S. sources. These won't work with the European number format, so I have to change the setting in Excel. However, all my other spreadsheets now use the U.S. format as well, which for example means that I now have to use a point instead of a comma when entering data. Not very practical, which is why I'm looking for better solutions. I think many internationally oriented Excel users will have the need from time to time to work simultaneously with spreadsheets that have different international formats. Therefore it seems strange that it wouldn't be possible to set the format individually for each worksheet. However, it begins to look like that is indeed the case... Willy |
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