decimal separator not recognized
decimal separator not recognized
The dot as decimal tab - to align numbers - seems to be hard-wired into the program. If it were configurable, Atlantis could be used for invoices and other documents that follow other rules used in Europe and other countries.
Aligning Numbers
Hi,
Attached “Aligning Numbers.docx” was created in Atlantis.
All the paragraphs are left-aligned. Each paragraph includes a tab stop between the text and the numbers. This tab stop has the following values:
As you can see, the numbers are vertically aligned along the decimal marker, no matter which symbol is used:
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
Attached “Aligning Numbers.docx” was created in Atlantis.
All the paragraphs are left-aligned. Each paragraph includes a tab stop between the text and the numbers. This tab stop has the following values:
As you can see, the numbers are vertically aligned along the decimal marker, no matter which symbol is used:
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
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Hi Robert,
not arguing your example, but I think there are good reasons why Atlantis features decimal tabs, to cover real world examples like the attached jpg. Change these tabs from right-aligned to decimal and you immediately see the advantages of decimal tabs over right-aligned.
You could argue, of course, that comma-cases are too rare an exception to warrant their handling by Atlantis. However, when looking at the additional downloads
http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/downloads.htm
you'll notice that all of them require comma-decimals.
When dealing with international customers, you could form a rule (to build into Atlantis?):
For languages other than English, the decimal separator is almost certain to be a comma. For remaining countries, the business language is (mostly) English anyway. In other words, if the decimal separator would default to comma for non-English languages, we were able to even mix-format a document to cover 90% of user scenarios.
not arguing your example, but I think there are good reasons why Atlantis features decimal tabs, to cover real world examples like the attached jpg. Change these tabs from right-aligned to decimal and you immediately see the advantages of decimal tabs over right-aligned.
You could argue, of course, that comma-cases are too rare an exception to warrant their handling by Atlantis. However, when looking at the additional downloads
http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/downloads.htm
you'll notice that all of them require comma-decimals.
When dealing with international customers, you could form a rule (to build into Atlantis?):
For languages other than English, the decimal separator is almost certain to be a comma. For remaining countries, the business language is (mostly) English anyway. In other words, if the decimal separator would default to comma for non-English languages, we were able to even mix-format a document to cover 90% of user scenarios.
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What about attached “Aligning Numbers (2).docx”? It uses decimal tab stops. The decimal markers are aligned:
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