I am saying just that. My PC is setup for UK language and I get whatever I
have set as the short date format in Windows regional settings. I have
removed the US language from regional settings. I have Greek there (as I
live in a country where Greek is the native language), but that shouldn't
affect the issue.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Melissa wrote:
Are you saying that you use UK too and the date displayed for your
Comments are dd/mm/yyyy?
I'm just wondering if mm/dd/yyyy is the default used by Microsoft and
that can't be changed...

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Hmmm. The plot thickens
It is clearly a language issue, but I am now no longer certain where
to change it. I don't have a US language set on my PC's language
settings and the only thing that affects this date is the short date
setting, so I have run out of ideas.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Melissa wrote:
Yup, I checked and it's displaying dd/mm/yyyy.
What else can I check?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Did you check the short date format in regional options for that is
the date format that appears in Comments?

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Melissa wrote:
Thanks, Graham, for your response.
I just checked Regional Options in Control Panel and English (UK)
was already selected under the "Regional Options" tab. My default
Input Language ("Language" tab Details) is English (US) though.
But I believe input language only affects the keyboard layout,
right?

I am using Windows XP Professional.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Your documents may be set to UK English but your Windows version
isn't. The date shown is the Windows short date format which is
configured in control panel regional settings.

As for the date in the balloons, I suspect not, though I stand to
be corrected by those who make more use of this function.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Melissa wrote:
All my documents are set to English (UK).
Is there a way to change the format of the comment date? Mine
currently shows MM/DD/YYYY. I want to show DD/MM/YYYY.

Secondly, can I display the date in the balloons? (next to
Commenter's name)