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I have a co-worker who has an unusual problem whenever she types in a date in
text form, such as July 1, 2005, the current date is automatically added after, so that it looks like July 1, 2005 4/29/05. This seems to happen with any new document. She has never created a macro and I compared all of her Tools Options features, as well as her autotext/autocorrect entries and nothing new has been added that I can see. What could be causing this? |
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This is a problem on some systems and comes from AutoComplete. The only
workaround is to press ESC or the spacebar when you get the AutoComplete tip, before pressing Enter or Tab. The only alternative is to disable AutoComplete entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kim" wrote in message ... I have a co-worker who has an unusual problem whenever she types in a date in text form, such as July 1, 2005, the current date is automatically added after, so that it looks like July 1, 2005 4/29/05. This seems to happen with any new document. She has never created a macro and I compared all of her Tools Options features, as well as her autotext/autocorrect entries and nothing new has been added that I can see. What could be causing this? |
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The odd thing is it didn't use to do this on this same system. Only recently
it has been happening. Thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This is a problem on some systems and comes from AutoComplete. The only workaround is to press ESC or the spacebar when you get the AutoComplete tip, before pressing Enter or Tab. The only alternative is to disable AutoComplete entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kim" wrote in message ... I have a co-worker who has an unusual problem whenever she types in a date in text form, such as July 1, 2005, the current date is automatically added after, so that it looks like July 1, 2005 4/29/05. This seems to happen with any new document. She has never created a macro and I compared all of her Tools Options features, as well as her autotext/autocorrect entries and nothing new has been added that I can see. What could be causing this? |
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It's one of those bizarre things that I have been blessedly immune to. It
seems to affect UK users more often, but usually the date format they see is YYYY-MM-DD, in accordance with an ISO date standard. You could tell the user to check what date format is selected as the default in Insert | Date and Time and also in Control Panel | Regional Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kim" wrote in message ... The odd thing is it didn't use to do this on this same system. Only recently it has been happening. Thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This is a problem on some systems and comes from AutoComplete. The only workaround is to press ESC or the spacebar when you get the AutoComplete tip, before pressing Enter or Tab. The only alternative is to disable AutoComplete entirely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kim" wrote in message ... I have a co-worker who has an unusual problem whenever she types in a date in text form, such as July 1, 2005, the current date is automatically added after, so that it looks like July 1, 2005 4/29/05. This seems to happen with any new document. She has never created a macro and I compared all of her Tools Options features, as well as her autotext/autocorrect entries and nothing new has been added that I can see. What could be causing this? |
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