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Microsoft Word 2007 Date Format and Header
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I have Microsoft Word 2007 installed on a Windows XP (SP3) computer. The regional settings in Windows are set to English (South Africa) and all my default language settings are also set the English (South Africa). When I add a default header to a document that contains a date content control, it insists on displaying it in the US format - MMMM dd, yyyy. Is there any way that I can change to format of this date to display dd MMMM yyyy? I have also changed the Header language once the header has been inserted, but no text typed to English (South Africa) , but the date format remains stubbornly US. The only way I can change this at the moment, is to select the date content control and then use the Insert; Date and Time and change the language back to English (South Africa) and insert the date. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to permanently set these content controls to an English format other than English (US). Thanks Heather |
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Microsoft Word 2007 Date Format and Header
Go to the Control PanelRegional and Language Options and click on the Date
tab and set the Short and Long date formats to those that you desire. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Fev" wrote in message ... Hi I have Microsoft Word 2007 installed on a Windows XP (SP3) computer. The regional settings in Windows are set to English (South Africa) and all my default language settings are also set the English (South Africa). When I add a default header to a document that contains a date content control, it insists on displaying it in the US format - MMMM dd, yyyy. Is there any way that I can change to format of this date to display dd MMMM yyyy? I have also changed the Header language once the header has been inserted, but no text typed to English (South Africa) , but the date format remains stubbornly US. The only way I can change this at the moment, is to select the date content control and then use the Insert; Date and Time and change the language back to English (South Africa) and insert the date. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to permanently set these content controls to an English format other than English (US). Thanks Heather |
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