Locale format determines the format of dates, decimal numbers, currency volumes in the resulting document. If your clients or freelancers work in different countries their locale format is very likely to be different. To make templates display correct date and time format, correct digit grouping or decimal separator symbols, and so on, configure locale settings and set the desired format.
There are two ways of configuring locale format:
1. In Projetex Workstation (for each client and freelancer individually):
| • | open Client window and click Main tab; |
| • | click Locale Format button in client profile; |
| • | select Custom locale in the drop-down list next to Generation of RTF files: string; |
| • | configure the code in Short Date Format or Long Date Format to include 4-5 capital M letters (like dd.MMMM.YYYY). |
Note: Long Date Format is being used for "long” date variables: \DATE_DUE_LONG\, \INVOICE_DATE_LONG\, and so on. Settings in Short Date Format will affect regular variables, like \DATE_DUE\, \INVOICE_DATE\, and so on.
2. In Windows Control Panel (these settings are used as default in Projetex):
| • | open Windows Control Panel |
| • | double-click Regional and Language Options |
| • | click Customize button on Regional Options tab |
| • | configure long (or short) date format options to include 4-5 capital M letters (like dd.MMMM.YYYY). To remove day of the week from view, delete extra "d" letters, so that no more than 2 "d-s" are present in the code string. |
