Google-sheets – Convert spreadsheet decimal number format: period- and comma-separated decimal positions

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In OpenOffice Calc, one can change number format between standard United States, with decimal separator being a period ., and the SI (International System) format with decimal separator being a comma ,. This can be done by setting the language to US-English in the first case, and to Canada-French in the latter case (in the Format menu).

    13.3        13,3
    2.2         2,2

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How can the same be done in Google Spreadsheets?
It does not seem that language can be changed within a same sheet (or maybe a same Google account …?).
Is there another way?

Copy-paste from OO to Google does not work:

    13/03/2014      13,3
    02/02/2014      2,2

Best Answer

I dispute that comma as the decimal separator is " the SI (International System) format " - rather than one of ;-) - but think what you want is:

File > Spreadsheet settings ... and for Locale: choose somewhere like Canada (French).

Though beware, this could have ramifications beyond , for ..

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