Re: Digits separator

[Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

That does not contradict the Apple guide.  It also says that either the
period or comma may be used for the decimal point.  My question was about
using spaces for the thousands separator.
On Mar 18, 2014 1:30 PM, "Julie Stickler" <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Interesting, because in the Microsoft Manual of Style (I'm looking at the
> third edition at the moment, fourth may say something different) under the
> heading for euros it says (in part):
>
> "When expressing an amount in euros and cents in U.S. content, use a
> decimal point as the
> delimiter. Different localities may use a decimal point or a comma, as
> appropriate.
> Correct
> E3.50"
>
> Sometimes I think that Apple and Microsoft do things differently on
> purpose, not because it necessarily makes any sense, but just to be
> different from each other.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Milan DavidoviÄ <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com
> >wrote:
>
> > If anyone has a link/citation or other pointer handy for the rationale
> > behind this, could you post it? Thanks.
> >
> > --Milan DavidoviÄ
> >
> > Sent from my Commercial Visible 6
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
> > > I.e., write "123 456" instead of "123,456".
> > >
> > > Anyone else use space in their docs?
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