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Date auto-complete in Word 97?
When I start typing the date, Word 97 helpfully offers to auto-complete it.
So, I type (today on 22 January) '22 j', and word offers to fill in the date. Very helpful, except Word wants to instert 22 Jan. 09, whilst I want it to insert 22 January 2009. How do I get it to change the date format? |
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Date auto-complete in Word 97?
GB wrote:
When I start typing the date, Word 97 helpfully offers to auto-complete it. So, I type (today on 22 January) '22 j', and word offers to fill in the date. Very helpful, except Word wants to instert 22 Jan. 09, whilst I want it to insert 22 January 2009. How do I get it to change the date format? Oops, I am actually using Word 2003!! |
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Date auto-complete in Word 97?
Frankly I don't find the date autocomplete very helpful at all. It is much
simpler to add a toolbar button or keyboard shortcut to insert the date in any format you prefer, including (if you wish) ordinals. e.g. Sub InsertUKFormatDate() With Selection .InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="d" & Chr(160) & _ "MMMM" & Chr(160) & "yyyy", InsertAsField:=False End With End Sub will insert the date in the format you suggested http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org GB wrote: GB wrote: When I start typing the date, Word 97 helpfully offers to auto-complete it. So, I type (today on 22 January) '22 j', and word offers to fill in the date. Very helpful, except Word wants to instert 22 Jan. 09, whilst I want it to insert 22 January 2009. How do I get it to change the date format? Oops, I am actually using Word 2003!! |
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Date auto-complete in Word 97?
The date that Word will suggest (I think) and certainly the date it will
insert when you use Alt+Shift+D is the format selected as the default in Insert | Date and Time; this in turn is influenced by the default short and long date formats selected in Control Panel | Regional and Language Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "GB" wrote in message ... GB wrote: When I start typing the date, Word 97 helpfully offers to auto-complete it. So, I type (today on 22 January) '22 j', and word offers to fill in the date. Very helpful, except Word wants to instert 22 Jan. 09, whilst I want it to insert 22 January 2009. How do I get it to change the date format? Oops, I am actually using Word 2003!! |
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Date auto-complete in Word 97?
That was my first thought also, but for autocompletion of dates it does not
appear to be the case (at least not with UK format dates such as that under consideration). I certainly don't have 22 Jan. 09 as my short date format (22/01/2009), nor for my long date format (22 January 2009), but I see the same results as the OP, so invariably I use a macro to insert the required date format, or use a createdate field in the template. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The date that Word will suggest (I think) and certainly the date it will insert when you use Alt+Shift+D is the format selected as the default in Insert | Date and Time; this in turn is influenced by the default short and long date formats selected in Control Panel | Regional and Language Options. "GB" wrote in message ... GB wrote: When I start typing the date, Word 97 helpfully offers to auto-complete it. So, I type (today on 22 January) '22 j', and word offers to fill in the date. Very helpful, except Word wants to instert 22 Jan. 09, whilst I want it to insert 22 January 2009. How do I get it to change the date format? Oops, I am actually using Word 2003!! |
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Date auto-complete in Word 97?
Thanks for your help. It was very helpful to have the negative confirmed, ie
I'm not missing anything. I appreciate that I can include a macro, and I thought of doing that. On the whole, though, I will probably just settle for alt-shift-d, as this gives me the format I want, and I need to learn a few more shortcuts anyway. Thanks again! Graham Mayor wrote: That was my first thought also, but for autocompletion of dates it does not appear to be the case (at least not with UK format dates such as that under consideration). I certainly don't have 22 Jan. 09 as my short date format (22/01/2009), nor for my long date format (22 January 2009), but I see the same results as the OP, so invariably I use a macro to insert the required date format, or use a createdate field in the template. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The date that Word will suggest (I think) and certainly the date it will insert when you use Alt+Shift+D is the format selected as the default in Insert | Date and Time; this in turn is influenced by the default short and long date formats selected in Control Panel | Regional and Language Options. "GB" wrote in message ... GB wrote: When I start typing the date, Word 97 helpfully offers to auto-complete it. So, I type (today on 22 January) '22 j', and word offers to fill in the date. Very helpful, except Word wants to instert 22 Jan. 09, whilst I want it to insert 22 January 2009. How do I get it to change the date format? Oops, I am actually using Word 2003!! |
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