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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
If I type Sept... it auto filles September. How do I get it then, if I press
the space bar to offer me todays date? Thanks Kelvin |
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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
you have to press ENTER(RETURN) key to auto insert the text.
Igf you are using Word 2003, it shows the tool tip. Also check the auto complete settings in Insert--AutoText--Autotext Select the Show AutoComplete suggestions check box. Hope this helps!! -- Pranav Vaidya VBA Developer PN, MH-India If you think my answer is useful, please rate this post as an ANSWER!! "Kelvin Beaton" wrote: If I type Sept... it auto filles September. How do I get it then, if I press the space bar to offer me todays date? Thanks Kelvin |
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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
The AutoComplete for dates has been a bit flakey for several versions. What
seems to work for me is after I complete the month, press Backspace to remove the space after the month and press the Spacebar again. Then you should see the AutoComplete tip for the current date. Another alternative is to ignore the AutoComplete tip for the month, type it out, and when you press the spacebar the AutoComplete tip will change and offer to complete the current date. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ Kelvin Beaton wrote in message ... If I type Sept... it auto filles September. How do I get it then, if I press the space bar to offer me todays date? Thanks Kelvin |
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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
Beth Melton wrote:
The AutoComplete for dates has been a bit flakey for several versions. What seems to work for me is after I complete the month, press Backspace to remove the space after the month and press the Spacebar again. Then you should see the AutoComplete tip for the current date. Another alternative is to ignore the AutoComplete tip for the month, type it out, and when you press the spacebar the AutoComplete tip will change and offer to complete the current date. snip Beth, Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut that works to *directly* insert the current date -- without calling up the date/time dialog box? The best I can do is to have a shortcut key that brings up the dialog box and then I need to click "OK" to insert the default date format. David |
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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
Sure. You can create a macro to insert the current date and assign it to a
keyboard shortcut. The easiest way is to go to Tools/Macro/Record Macro. Type a name for your macro, such as InsertDate (note no spaces), click Keyboard, press your keyboard shortcut as indicated, (if you don't use the shortcut for Double Underline then press Ctrl+Shift+D) and click Close. At that point you'll be recording. Insert the desired date format using the Insert Date dialog box and then click the Stop button on the floating Macro toolbar that displays while you are recording. Then you can use your keyboard shortcut whenever you want. :-) Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "djprius" wrote in message ... Beth, Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut that works to *directly* insert the current date -- without calling up the date/time dialog box? The best I can do is to have a shortcut key that brings up the dialog box and then I need to click "OK" to insert the default date format. David |
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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
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Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut that works to *directly* insert the current date -- without calling up the date/time dialog box? The best I can do is to have a shortcut key that brings up the dialog box and then I need to click "OK" to insert the default date format. I've answered my own question: I realized that after the shortcut key, I just have to press [Enter] to have the date entered. (That is, I do *not* have to use the mouse to click "OK".) I can thus enter the date without removing my hands from the keyboard, which was my goal. David |
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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
Alt+Shift+D inserts the current date, but as a DATE field. If you
immediately Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink it, you would get date text in the format selected as the default in the Date and Time dialog. -- 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. "djprius" wrote in message ... Beth Melton wrote: The AutoComplete for dates has been a bit flakey for several versions. What seems to work for me is after I complete the month, press Backspace to remove the space after the month and press the Spacebar again. Then you should see the AutoComplete tip for the current date. Another alternative is to ignore the AutoComplete tip for the month, type it out, and when you press the spacebar the AutoComplete tip will change and offer to complete the current date. snip Beth, Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut that works to *directly* insert the current date -- without calling up the date/time dialog box? The best I can do is to have a shortcut key that brings up the dialog box and then I need to click "OK" to insert the default date format. David |
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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Alt+Shift+D inserts the current date, but as a DATE field. If you immediately Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink it, you would get date text in the format selected as the default in the Date and Time dialog. Suzanne, Thanks. As I posted later, I found an alternate way to use shortcut keys to enter the current date without using the mouse: I assigned "insert date/time" command to a new shortcut key. This calls up the date/time dialog box. The I press [Enter] to add the default date -- in my case, the full month spelled out, date, and year -- into the text. It does not require using the mouse. David |
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how do I get Word to auto complete the complete date?
It does not require using the mouse.
Neither does the method I suggested, though I agree yours is easier. -- 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. "djprius" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Alt+Shift+D inserts the current date, but as a DATE field. If you immediately Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink it, you would get date text in the format selected as the default in the Date and Time dialog. Suzanne, Thanks. As I posted later, I found an alternate way to use shortcut keys to enter the current date without using the mouse: I assigned "insert date/time" command to a new shortcut key. This calls up the date/time dialog box. The I press [Enter] to add the default date -- in my case, the full month spelled out, date, and year -- into the text. It does not require using the mouse. David |
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