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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+      type="guide"
+      id="number-display">
+
+    <info>
+        <link type="guide" xref="index#number"/>
+    </info>
+
+	<title>Result Format</title>
+    
+    <p>
+    The format used to display results can be changed from the <guiseq><gui>Calculator</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> menu.
+    </p>
+    <table>
+    <tr>
+    <td><p>Decimal</p></td>
+    <td><p>Results are displayed as decimal numbers</p></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+    <td><p>Scientific</p></td>
+    <td><p>Results are displayed in <link xref="scientific">scientific notation</link></p></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+    <td><p>Engineering</p></td>
+    <td><p>Results are displayed in scientific notation except the exponent is always a multiple of three</p></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+    <td><p>Binary</p></td>
+    <td><p>Results are displayed as <link xref="base">binary numbers</link></p></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+    <td><p>Octal</p></td>
+    <td><p>Results are displayed as <link xref="base">octal numbers</link></p></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+    <td><p>Hexadecimal</p></td>
+    <td><p>Results are displayed as <link xref="base">hexadecimal numbers</link></p></td>
+    </tr>
+    </table>
+    <p>
+    The number of decimal places, if trailing zeroes and if thousands separators are shown can also be configured.
+    </p>
+</page>