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From: agrawal@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.apps.spreadsheets
Subject: 386 vs. 486 : Different Excel Formats?
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Date: 7 Sep 92 09:39:20 GMT
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I have a peculiar problem with the way Excel formats ASCII data read from
a file on 2 different machines. The ASCII file contains numbers. In one
case, the real numbers are treated as text, while in the other, they are
treated as numbers. Integers are treated as numbers in both. In the case
where the real numbers are treated as text, The "Format All" Menu selection
shows the format to be "Standard". In the other, it is shown to be
"General".

I am using Excel Version 4.00 with Windows 3.1.   The PC that has the
"General" format is a 386 with no math coprocessor, while the one that
has the "Standard" format is a 486 (with a math coprocessor.) I have
loaded Excel on 2 more 386 machines without a math coprocessor and
got the "General" format.

Can the difference in format be due to the architecture of the machines?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

-Sanjay Agrawal

Ph: 617-484-9920(work)

did you check the decimal point vs. comma? in some nonEnglish
cultures (German e.g.) the instead of a decimal point a decimal comma is used.
if excel is configured according to that it might misinterpret noninteger
numbers