Decimal Mismatch

Windows System and Excel Decimal Settings

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If Excel was installed in a different language than the default Windows language, you may receive the following message:

To resolve this, complete the steps below:

1. Click File at the top left of Excel:
   
   
2. Click Options:
   
   
   
   
3. Click Advanced (1) and adjust Excel’s decimal system to match Windows by unchecking Use system separators (2):
   
   
   
   
4. Click OK at the bottom-right and close/reopen Excel:
   
   
   
   
5. After SigmaXL loads, ensure no traces of the previous decimal system are cached by clearing SigmaXL's Saved Defaults (SigmaXL > Help > SigmaXL Defaults > Clear Saved Defaults).
   
   
   

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