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    Semi Colon not Comma why

    I recently inherited a laptop from an employee who has resigned.

    The computer has Office 2016 installed, when I enter formulas there is a difference on my old 2010 Office Excel I used a comma (,) as a separator in formulas the 2016 uses a Semi Colon ( ; )

    Though it's not a problem I wondered why, is this standard in 2016?
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    Re: Colon not Comma why

    probably regional/language settings

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    Re: Semi Colon not Comma why

    Everything is in Philippine Excel and OS Windows 10?
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    Re: Colon not Comma why

    Point of information: it's a semi-colon, not a colon.
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    Re: Semi Colon not Comma why

    Correct Ali so sorry
    Last edited by Derrick T. Davidson; 12-08-2015 at 02:17 AM. Reason: Typo error

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    Re: Semi Colon not Comma why

    did you check into this particular menu? ...or equivalent
    http://cdn.solveyourtech.com/wp-cont...eparator-3.jpg

    other than that i dont know any other place where one can change something like that

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