>I am not aware of any official policy with the introduction of the Euro; >there seems to be no set way to place its symbol, ?. I suppose people will >stick with their current practices and write 1000 ? ...
The euro symbol can be placed on either side of the amount. In Ireland, the symbol goes before the amount, which was how the pound sign was used. I imagine most mainland countries will place it after the amount if that was the practice beforehand. We will also continue to use the decimal point to separate euros from cents. The symbol 'c' will also be used to designate cents (in amounts less than 1 euro) even though in an amazing oversight, no official symbol for the cent was defined. As a metric supporter, I would have much preferred the coins to say "centieuro" rather than "euro cent", but I guess you can't have everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !"
