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Our company style guide (here in Australia) is to use the comma if the number is more than 4 digits long, but no comma for 4 digits:
1000
10,000
1,000,000
For decimal points we use the full stop, e.g. $12,000.34 represents 12 thousand dollars and thirty four cents.
Kath Bowman
Technical Writer
Saab Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Saab Systems Pty Ltd)
21 Third Avenue
Mawson Lakes SA 5095
www.saabgroup.com/au
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