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Text formats

To change the formatting of text and dates, you can access the "Customize formats" dialog box at various points in your Infront Portfolio Manager.

Beispiele:

  • In open tables, select the DARSTELLUNG, FORMAT command in the context menu of (text) columns. In the "Display" dialog box that opens, click on the "Format..." button to open the "Adjust formats" dialog box for formatting the column.
  • In open tables, select the EDIT TABLE TITLE command in the menu of the "Edit" icon on the "Table" tab. In the "Table title" dialog box that opens, click on the "Format..." button for text fields of type "Variable" or "Formula" to open the "Customize formats" dialog box for formatting the text field.
  • In the "Course data export" worksheet, select the "Standard formats..." button to open the "Customize formats" dialog box.
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The details of the individual functions on the tabs of the "Customize formats" dialog box can be found in the following tables:

Numbers" tab

Command

Description

Decimal places

Enter the number of decimal places to be displayed here.

use 1000 separator

Activate this checkbox if you want the thousands to be separated by a dot (e.g. 10,000).

American dotting

If this field is activated, a comma is used as the 1000 separator and a point as the decimal separator (example: 5,000.00 instead of 5,000.00).

Percentage representation

Activate this checkbox to express the figures as a percentage.

Example

This field provides a preview of the current settings.

Time" tab

Command

Description

Formats for time specifications

Select the desired format for displaying the time information from the list.

User-defined

You can freely define the desired input format in this field.

Character" tab

Command

Description

Display options for text

Use the mouse to select the desired display type for the text in the column (unchanged, upper case, lower case).

Show abbreviation

Activate/deactivate this checkbox to allow or suppress the display of abbreviations.

Switch" tab

Command

Description

Variants

Select a display variant from the list (e.g.: yes/no, true/false, true/false, on/off)

Beispiel:

In the transaction list, the column "Canceled?" is displayed with yes/no.

Yes value
No value

In these fields, you can define how truth values are displayed in the table.

Confirm your settings with "OK" or select "Cancel" to discard the changes and close the "Customize formats" dialog box.

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