Table linked Excel. Points between thousands.

I have a linked Excel file that displays the points between thousands and a comma for decimals.

This is how it is supposed to be; I work a Nordic language.

However when I place columns of the Excel file as links in InDesign points convert commas and vice versa.

I thought InDesign was supposed to preserve the formatting of bound data, but it's not.

What should I do to correct this?

Steve fairbairn says:

Thank you, but I do not know if this solves the problem, unless it can be script. Because if not, this means any time to update the Excel file all these manual corrections get wiped out and I have to redo them everywhere.

Fact \d indicate a number only? Of course, there are a lot of ordinary commas in the body of the text that I don't want to change.

You must run it whenever you update the document. \d show only numbers. Try the grep search and you will see how it works.

It can easily be scripted and added to the script that you already use. Post your cell phone embedded script in the InDesign Scripting sub-forum, and we will help you.

But what I really want to do is to prevent the points converted to commas in the first place.

I agree. But it seems that Excel-import InDesign is not customizable like that, or designed for internationalization.

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