Not so. http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html#7.2 Somewhere in there! I had it marked in my copy at home, and I’m not home for a couple of weeks.
NIST recommends: 123 456 789.987 654 321 Your present format 123,456,789.987654321 Comma format 123 456 789,987 654 321 Because of differing world standards, different countries use the comma or dot as the decimal marker, others use the dot or comma as the thousand separator, it’s important to be able to communicate what you mean. NIST has established the standard as being a space for separating thousands and leaving the option of a dot or comma as the decimal point. Excel can be set up to show the spacing. Format>Cells>number select “use 1000 separator”. I’ve got my computer set up to use the space as the 1000 separator just by setting it up that way. In word you can shift/space bar and it will give you an invisible space that will hold a number together on a line. Mike Payne On 14 Jul 2014, at 04:51, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote: > Harold. Americans use commas or spaces. We love our freedom. > > ----- Message from Harold_Potsdamer <harold_potsda...@cox.net> --------- > Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:07:41 -0400 > From: Harold_Potsdamer <harold_potsda...@cox.net> > Reply-To: harold_potsda...@cox.net > Subject: [USMA:54113] RE: Don't be a dunce! > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > >> Not only that, commas dividing thousands which should be spaces. >> >> >> >> From: br...@bjwhite.net >> Sent: Sunday, 2014-07-13 14:26 >> To: U.S. Metric Association >> Subject: [USMA:54111] RE: Don't be a dunce! >> >> No zeroes on the leading decimals? Tsk tsk tsk. :) >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [USMA:54110] Don't be a dunce! >> From: cont...@metricpioneer.com >> Date: Sun, July 13, 2014 11:22 am >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> >> >> Posted on Facebook and Twitter today: >> Don't be a dunce! http://MetricPioneer.com/Metrication-America >> David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 > > > > ----- End message from Harold_Potsdamer <harold_potsda...@cox.net> ----- > > > David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
