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Auto Text entry that I can't get rid off
Hi all,
I work in the UK and our date format is DAY/MONTH/YEAR i.e. today would be 04/09/2005, however when Im in Word and I type 2005 an auto text entry wants to complete with 2005-09-04. Ive noticed this with Word 2000 and 2002. Ive found that if I go to INSERTAUTOTEXT click on the AUTO TEXT TAB and uncheck AUTO COMPLETE TIP FOR AUTO TEXT AND DATES this stops it from happening. However I think this is a little over the top and would prefer to seek out the entry and alter it but I cant find it anywhere. Ive checked my regional settings and bios and they are fine so its not picking the date details up from there. If anyone can point me in the right direction Id be very grateful. My operating system by the way is Windows XP proff. Cheers Greg |
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This isn't an AutoText entry that you can delete. It's a known bug that you
have to put up with, as far as I know. You've found the radical solution. The US doesn't use 2005-09-04 in Word documents either. Accustom yourself to hitting space or ESC to prevent the AutoText from finishing. I'm merely parroting what I've seen said here previously, so you can search in hopes of finding a different answer that I've forgotten--the question has come up before. On 9/6/05 2:24 AM, "Greg" wrote: Hi all, I work in the UK and our date format is DAY/MONTH/YEAR * i.e. today would be 04/09/2005, however when Iım in Word and I type 2005 an auto text entry wants to complete with 2005-09-04. Iıve noticed this with Word 2000 and 2002. Iıve found that if I go to INSERTAUTOTEXT click on the AUTO TEXT TAB and uncheck AUTO COMPLETE TIP FOR AUTO TEXT AND DATES this stops it from happening. However I think this is a little over the top and would prefer to seek out the entry and alter it but I canıt find it anywhere. Iıve checked my regional settings and bios and they are fine so itıs not picking the date details up from there. If anyone can point me in the right direction Iıd be very grateful. My operating system by the way is Windows XP proff. Cheers Greg -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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If there's a more satisfactory answer, I haven't seen it. This behavior
would have to qualify as a bug IMO, and I haven't seen a message from anyone who likes it. I guess we can always hope it will be fixed in Word 12, but I'm not holding my breath! -- 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. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . This isn't an AutoText entry that you can delete. It's a known bug that you have to put up with, as far as I know. You've found the radical solution. The US doesn't use 2005-09-04 in Word documents either. Accustom yourself to hitting space or ESC to prevent the AutoText from finishing. I'm merely parroting what I've seen said here previously, so you can search in hopes of finding a different answer that I've forgotten--the question has come up before. On 9/6/05 2:24 AM, "Greg" wrote: Hi all, I work in the UK and our date format is DAY/MONTH/YEAR * i.e. today would be 04/09/2005, however when Iım in Word and I type 2005 an auto text entry wants to complete with 2005-09-04. Iıve noticed this with Word 2000 and 2002. Iıve found that if I go to INSERTAUTOTEXT click on the AUTO TEXT TAB and uncheck AUTO COMPLETE TIP FOR AUTO TEXT AND DATES this stops it from happening. However I think this is a little over the top and would prefer to seek out the entry and alter it but I canıt find it anywhere. Iıve checked my regional settings and bios and they are fine so itıs not picking the date details up from there. If anyone can point me in the right direction Iıd be very grateful. My operating system by the way is Windows XP proff. Cheers Greg -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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