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type, which can become cumbersome, Default Format Settings can be defined at the user level,
at the Datamapper configuration level and/or at the field level. So, remember that:
l Datamapper stores user preferences for the Date, Number and Currency formats.
l By default, the user preferences are set to the system preferences
l These user preferences become the default format values for any newly created
Datamapper Configuration.
l The Datamapper can store different preferences for any specific Datamapper
Configuration. These Configuration based values are used for any newly created field
extraction.
l Any current format already defined for an existing field remains untouched.
l The existing preference specified in an existing field is always used, regardless of the
User or Configuration preferences.
l The Configuration-wide preference is always assigned by default to any newly created
field.
l The User-wide preference is always assigned by default to any new Datamapper
Configuration
l
Negative Sign Before : A negative sign will be displayed before any negative
value.
l
Decimal Separator : Set the decimal separator for a numerical value.
l
Thousand Separator: Set the thousand separator for a numerical value.
l
Currency Sign : Set the currency sign for a currency value.
l
Date Format : Set the date format for a date value.
l
Date Language : Set the date language for a date value (ex: If English is selected,
the term May will be identified as the month of May).
l
Treat empty as 0 : A numerical empty value is treated as a 0 value.
Editing preferences
These preferences define different editing options in the Designer module.
l Object Resizing for <div> elements: This defines in which contexts to enable the resizing
of <div> elements (including Positioned and Inline boxes). Resizing <div> elements may
cause layouts to produce undesirable results especially when using Foundation
templates.
l
Enable for Print Context: Check to enable <div> resizing in the Print contexts.
l
Enable for Web Context: Check to enable <div> resizing in the Web contexts.
l
Enable for Email Context: Check to enable <div> resizing in the Email contexts.
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