atw: Re: use of the ? symbol
- From: "Erica Ferrigno" <EFerrigno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:41:01 +1000
Interesting Reg.
The person who wrote the doc is in Paris but writing in English (as the=
ir
second language) which probably explains why the symbol appeared as "8
million =3D80". My first reaction was to put the symbol before the amou=
nt (as
per Michael's instructions).
I'm not trying for an english language document for an audience in fran=
ce,
rather, an english language document applicable globally. You've specif=
ied
that this is the standard for France and all EU countries but do you al=
so
mean for it to apply to the "rest of the world"?
Now I'm confused. :o)
Thanks,
Erica.
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Hello Erica,
The correct placement of the Euro symbol, in French, is AFTER the
numbers, eg
80.45=3D80 or if you don't have the symbol, 80.45Eu.=3D20
I think this is correct for all EU countries, even those whose currency=
symbol prior to 2001 was before the numbers, but I am not sure about
that.
On my keyboard, which is set up as US International, Standard French,
the key combination RtAlt-5 calls up the symbol. The 5 is is above the =
R
and T, not on the numeric pad. I had to download the euro TT font in
2000, to make this work, but I think any O/S produced since then
includes the font.
Reg
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:42:51 +1000, "Erica Ferrigno"
<EFerrigno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Hi austechies,
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> I've spent a few hours this afternoon trawling through Google results=
to
> find the standard for use of the euro (=3D3D80) symbol. Best I could =
find w
=3D
as
> a
> picture of the MS Excel menu which lets you select whether to display=
the
> symbol before or after the amount.
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> Can anyone tell me the right way to express the following please.
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> "...annual sales of approximately 8 million =3D3D80 and over..."
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> Many thanks,
> Erica Ferrigno
> Technical Communicator - Communications Team
> CPA Software Solutions
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