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<p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="number formats; country specific" tag="kw65856_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="currency formats; country specific" tag="kw65856_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Country Specific Number Formats</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">In the <span class="T1">Number Format</span> dialog </help:case><help:default>in the <span class="T1">Number</span> tab page </help:default></help:switch>you can use country-specific format definitions as long as the standard data format as well as the standard currency format are organized in a country-specific manner by OpenOffice.org.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The currency formats of OpenOffice.org are adjustable independent of the country or the language.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In OpenOffice.org you can also define your own currency formats. Be aware that when exporting platform independence is not guaranteed.</p>