Thanks for the suggestions but I'm still stuck. I've done as dgillz suggested but to no avail.
I'm using Crystal reports Version 8 (and am completely new to it).
Below I've described what I see in the "Personalized style" options of "formatting editor". This is what I see in the "Numbers" tab. Note that I'm using a french version of Crystal reports so I've translated as best I can but some field descriptions may not be entirely accurate:
Use Compatability format: NOT TICKED
Delete if zero: NOT TICKED
Decimal seperator: ,
Decimals: 1,00
Seperate Thousandths: TICKED
Rounding: 0,01
Symbol: BLANK
Negatives: -123
Zero above (header?): TICKED
Invert the sign for display: NOT TICKED
Allow cutting of fields: TICKED
Show nul values as: Default Format
Example: -55 555,56
My Windows default number settings in "regional settings" of control panel specify 2 decimal places.
Before I created the report I set how I wanted numbers to display throughout the report in 'options'/'report options'.
Still when I have a value like 456,56 I get 456,00 and 4.01 I get 4,00 when I would like to see the numbers displayed accurately to two decimal places.
Do you have any suggestions regarding where else I might look to modify the format of the numbers, or is there something wrong with my current format.
Thanks for your help
Diarmid