Now click the Additional Settings button.Ĭlick the tab that contains the settings that you want to modify, and make your changes.
On the Formats tab, select the format you want to change from the drop-down list.
To change regional settings, follow the steps described for your computer's operating system.Ĭlick the Start button, and then click Control Panel.Ĭlick Change date, time, or number formats. The following procedure shows you how to change the Windows regional settings for your computer. You can enter currency amounts that use the English pound symbol (£), but Access may display those values in euros, because that is the currency symbol selected for Windows. This principle also applies to numeric and financial data. Windows supports a variety of languages, plus currency and date/time formats for the countries/regions that use those languages.įor example, you might use forward slashes to enter a date value for a Date/Time field (for example, ), but when you apply the General Date display format, it may or may not display the forward slashes, depending on the regional settings for Windows. Your Microsoft Windows regional settings will influence how your date/time, numeric, and currency data types appear when you apply formatting options. Access for Microsoft 365 Access 2021 Access 2019 Access 2016 Access 2013 Access 2010 Access 2007 More.
