On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:59:31 -0700 (PDT), Fellow wrote:

I formatted a column as "Accounting" and selected the standard "$"
symbol; the first one on the list.
For some reason the all the affected cells show the letter "b"
immediately following the dollar sign.
If I switch to a regional dollar, say, Canadian, the "b" does not
appear.

Been using Excel for a long time but I've never seen this before.

Any ideas?

For some reason, it appears as if your Accounting selection may be defaulting
to the Bolivian $.

If you right click the cell
Format Cells/Number
Accounting
Check what is in the "Symbol" line
--ron