Have you applied the 12.1 update? It re****tedly contains the fix for that
bug. If not use Help> Check for Updates & see if the situation improves.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 6/3/08 4:26 PM, in article
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"OAP Kiplin" <OAP
Kiplin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Yep, just found the error today on my intel MiniMac, not happy!
>
> Kiplin
>
> "Blacksmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
>
>> Version: 2008
>> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
>> Processor: intel
>>
>> I've only had Office 2008 for Mac for a couple of weeks. I've used
older
>> files created with both Office 2003 (PC) and Office for Mac 2004 with
no
>> problems.
>>
>> However, I created a new workbook this morning and saved it in the
default
>> xlsx file format. When I loaded it, all my currency columns had changed
to
>> 'Custom' format with the dollar currency symbol. So I changed it back
to UK
>> currency with the £ symbol and resaved.
>>
>> When I loaded it, once again Excel has changed it to 'Custom' with the
$
>> symbol (and yes, my International settings are correct in System
>> Preferences).
>>
>> As a work around, I can save the workbook in the Excel 97-2004 format.
>>
>> Anyone else discovered this?
>>


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