Re: Check printing and localisation (DE)

2001-05-31 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
On Thu, 31 May 2001 19:30:13 Herbert Thoma wrote: > Klaus Ridder wrote: > > > > I totally agree: checkes are nearly not used here, focus on online > banking > > would be much more important. > > I agree, too. > A few points: 1) fixing check printing is a considerably smaller job than on

Re: Check printing and localisation (DE)

2001-05-31 Thread Herbert Thoma
Klaus Ridder wrote: > > I totally agree: checkes are nearly not used here, focus on online banking > would be much more important. I agree, too. > However, as spelled numbers in Germany are quite a mess, as far as I know > the following method is also accepted in germany ( I have seen this a co

Re: Check printing and localisation (DE)

2001-05-31 Thread Klaus Ridder
I totally agree: checkes are nearly not used here, focus on online banking would be much more important. However, as spelled numbers in Germany are quite a mess, as far as I know the following method is also accepted in germany ( I have seen this a couple of times): "234 DM and 56 Pfennig" as

Re: Check printing and localisation (DE)

2001-05-30 Thread Christian Stimming
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wednesday 30 May 2001 00:15, Robert Graham Merkel wrote: > on Australian cheques, the equivalent amount would be written > as: > > "Two hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty-six cents" > > and $234 would be written > > "Two hundred and thirty-four dollars