Support for Euro Currency Characters with a Spanish (Traditional Sort) Keyboard Layout (312586)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q312586 SYMPTOMS
If you use a Spanish (Traditional Sort) keyboard layout and you press the DEL key on the numeric keypad, a PERIOD (.) character is displayed.
Note that the correct symbol for a separator character in the euro currency, or decimal separator, is a COMMA (,) when you want to type values for euro currency.
After January 2002, the change to the way that you use a separator character in the euro currency may affect some programs, such as accounting programs, that do not use the National Language Support (NLS) functionality that is included with versions of Microsoft Windows.
RESOLUTIONA supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The Spanish version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Size File name Operating system
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09-Nov-2001 13:56 601 Kbdsp.kbd Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
09-Nov-2001 14:18 601 Kbdsp.kbd Windows 98 Second Edition
09-Nov-2001 14:11 601 Kbdsp.kbd Windows 98
NOTE: The update that is described in this article is available only for the Spanish (Traditional Sort) keyboard layout. The DEL key on a Spanish (Modern) numeric keypad displays a PERIOD character.
WORKAROUND
You can change the way that you use the a separator character in the euro currency in Windows. To do this:
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Regional Settings in Control Panel.
- Click the Currency tab.
On the Currency tab you can change the way that currency is displayed; however, not all programs (such as Notepad) use Regional Settings to format currency characters. When you use programs that do not use Regional Settings, you can use your keypad to type the character that you want to use.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/18/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbenv kbHardware kbprb kbQFE KB312586 |
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