iCloud 10 changes decimals in Outlook

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iCloud 10 changes decimals in Outlook

Hi,

Today I updated iCLoud for Windows to the latest version (10?).

After restarting Oulook showed many decimals in the fields for Reminder, and for example also with the current weather plugin (see images).

As far as I can see, this also occurred with earlier iCloud releases (version 3?).

So it looks that an old bug has popped-up again...

Before the update all was fine, so my only conclusion is that it's a tiny bug.

I'm running W10 en Office 2016 locally.

Hope you can help since it's looking rather silly this way.

Regards,

Erwin Sprengers

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Sep 28, 2017 6:16 AM

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Answer 1

iFranzl

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Oct 9, 2017 3:11 AM in response to Nikecow

Same here. As I suspected the icloud plugin I also found tha this happende before in icloud 4

Bug in iCloud 4.0 control panel - decimal places Office 2013 / Outlook 2013

Apple may have the solution in the archives. Hope they didn't whipe the tapes ;-)

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Answer 2

Sep 29, 2017 1:35 AM in response to Erwin Sprengers

An update....

New iCloud version wasn't 10, but 7.x

Update went from 6.x to 7.x yesterday by the Apple software updater.

Today removed iCloud fully, and reinstalled the version from apple.com which btw. is still 6.x??

Decimals look fine now again.

Hopefully Apple can fix this by checking the previous error resolution.

Also, I was hoping that iCloud for Windows could use an app specific password instead of my regular password, but the created password is not accepted by iCloud for Windows...(unfortunately), even though the standard reply on iCloud for Windows issues contain the solution to create such an app specific password??

@Apple: any idea?

Regards,

Erwin Sprengers

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Answer 3

grawsom

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Oct 1, 2017 11:18 PM in response to Erwin Sprengers

Seems like it also have to do with regional setting, if I switch to english(USA) it's back to 2 decimals, and if I switch back to my language (Danish) it's back with 12 decimals.

Win10 64, Outlook 2016

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Answer 4

Oct 2, 2017 2:10 PM in response to grawsom

Hi,

funny thing is that my native language setting is set to UK English, so you would expect that it’s a regular used config. I never tried to switch it to Dutch, Will try tomorrow.

Again, when downgrading to version 6.x the issue is resolved.

Let’s hope that Apple finds a solution.

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Answer 5

Oct 10, 2017 12:49 AM in response to iFranzl

Indeed, Very disturbing... switching back to the previous version is stil possible when you have the old archive. Downside of the okd version is the instability I’m experiencing. @apple can you please investigate?

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Answer 6

DjTaym

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Oct 10, 2017 3:10 PM in response to Erwin Sprengers

I noticed this as well.

My setup is Windows 7 with English OS language with Swedish keyboard and Office 2016. I was forced to uninstall iCloud Panel as I was not able to print. The A4 paper size was like 270000000 cm x 210000000 cm.

Once uninstalled, restarted Outlook, all back to normal.

Even confirmed on the MS community: Too many decimals (Zeros) show in Outlook calender?

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Answer 7

pxam64

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Oct 17, 2017 8:31 AM in response to grawsom

Set comma as decimal symbol and dot as digit grouping symbol in the PC's regional settings (basically the US settings) and everything will magically works.

It seems that Apple doesn't have a clear concept of "internationalization".

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RS6022

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Oct 23, 2017 9:37 AM in response to pxam64

I guess you mixed it. Mine is set to German (with comma as decimal) and with this setting, the problem occured on my PC. I meanwhile uninstalled iCloud, as I don't really need it - still, thanks for this suggestion/solution!

Considering, that the problem derived from a regional settings "mismatch", it is amazing what kind of an impact this has on the display. I mean, temperatures in Outlook are usually integers ⚠ and now, we have a decimal with 11 (my count) decimal places all of a sudden.

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Answer 9

Nov 3, 2017 5:25 AM in response to Erwin Sprengers

Yes, I can confirm this too. 7.1 didn't change the behavior and the bug is still there. For I need Outlook more often than iCloud I will be forced to uninstall it sooner or later. This bug really is very annoying.

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Answer 10

Dec 7, 2017 10:35 AM in response to pxam64

Thanks to you pxam64, you are absolutely right!
Changing the decimal symbol from "," to "." can bypass the problem with the iCloud plugin.
(my default keyboard layout is german)
@Apple Support: Please fix that with the next version. Thank you!

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Answer 11

petemni

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Dec 19, 2017 6:45 AM in response to Erwin Sprengers

Just updated to 7.2, which seems to solve the problem for me 😁

Started off with a work around, changing Region Formats to "English (United States)", afterwards customising the "Date and time formats" to danish preferences (First day of week: Monday; and Measurement system: Metric).

This also seemed to do the trick 🙂

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Answer 12

iFranzl

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Nov 8, 2017 2:19 AM in response to Erwin Sprengers

Just to show the settings.

Possibly because of the local settings to English (Netherlands) my solution worked.

At least it was solved to me.

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Answer 13

Oct 2, 2017 9:02 AM in response to Erwin Sprengers

The same thing happens to me.

In my office icloud for windows is installed on 7 machines and, updating to version 7.0, created the decimals problem in Outlook 2016 (my language is Italian).

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Answer 14

Oct 2, 2017 2:13 PM in response to Runlevelsix

thanks for sharing your case. It looks that the issue occurs in configurations where English is not The native language.

regards,

erwin

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Answer 15

WhoCan

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Oct 3, 2017 1:38 AM in response to Erwin Sprengers

I have the same problem after upgrading iCloud in my office PC (language swedish).
I also noticed that I couldn't access the group calenders.

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