[Steve[_13_]]

Is there a way to customize the Insert Date function? I want the
format to look like this:

Tues 3/11/09

Thanks!


--

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes
may be the biggest mistake of all.

....Peter McWilliams

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

Do you really want Tues or Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, which are more
common abbreviations and for which you can use

{ Date \@ "ddd M/d/yy" }

There is however no switch that would give you Mond, Tues, Wedn, Thur, Frid,
Satu, Sund

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to customize the Insert Date function? I want the
format to look like this:

Tues 3/11/09

Thanks!


--

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes
may be the biggest mistake of all.

...Peter McWilliams

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In the Insert | Date dialog, you can choose your default date format. In
order to make the format you suggest available, you may have to have this
selected as your default Short Date format in Windows Regional and Language
Options.

Alternatively, if you are using a DATE field, you can add a time/date
formatting switch to result in that format and save the field as an AutoText
entry.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to customize the Insert Date function? I want the
format to look like this:

Tues 3/11/09

Thanks!


--

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes
may be the biggest mistake of all.

...Peter McWilliams

[Graham Mayor]

You could insert the date with a macro e.g. the following will insert the
days as
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun

Dim sDay As String
sDay = format(Date, "dddd")
Select Case sDay
Case Is = "Monday", "Wednesday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"
sDay = format(Date, "ddd")
Case Is = "Tuesday"
sDay = Left(sDay, 4)
Case Is = "Thursday"
sDay = Left(sDay, 5)
End Select
With Selection
.TypeText sDay & Chr(160)
.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="M/d/yy", InsertAsField:=False
End With

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Steve wrote:
Is there a way to customize the Insert Date function? I want the
format to look like this:

Tues 3/11/09

Thanks!

[Steve[_13_]]

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com"
Do you really want Tues or Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, which are more
common abbreviations and for which you can use
{ Date \@ "ddd M/d/yy" }

Thanks Doug, that's the format I'm looking for. But I'm not sure how
to use this formula - in a macro?


--

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes
may be the biggest mistake of all.

....Peter McWilliams

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

In a macro, use

Format(Date, "ddd M/d/yy")

--
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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Steve" wrote in message
...
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com"
Do you really want Tues or Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, which are
more
common abbreviations and for which you can use
{ Date \@ "ddd M/d/yy" }

Thanks Doug, that's the format I'm looking for. But I'm not sure how
to use this formula - in a macro?


--

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes
may be the biggest mistake of all.

...Peter McWilliams

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, it's just a field. Press Ctrl+F9 to insert the field (which will be
displayed at { }), then type the text between the braces.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Steve" wrote in message
...
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com"
Do you really want Tues or Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, which are
more
common abbreviations and for which you can use
{ Date \@ "ddd M/d/yy" }

Thanks Doug, that's the format I'm looking for. But I'm not sure how
to use this formula - in a macro?


--

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes
may be the biggest mistake of all.

...Peter McWilliams

[Steve[_13_]]

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
No, it's just a field. Press Ctrl+F9 to insert the field (which will be
displayed at { }), then type the text between the braces.

I end up with this: { Date \@ "ddd M/d/yy" }

But it doesn't convert to anything, looks like I'm still doing it
wrong. Sigh...


--

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes
may be the biggest mistake of all.

....Peter McWilliams

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, you then have to F9 to update (and Alt+F9 if necessary to toggle the
field display). Alternatively, you can type Date \@ "ddd M/d/yy", select it,
and press Ctrl+F9, then F9.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Steve" wrote in message
...
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
No, it's just a field. Press Ctrl+F9 to insert the field (which will be
displayed at { }), then type the text between the braces.

I end up with this: { Date \@ "ddd M/d/yy" }

But it doesn't convert to anything, looks like I'm still doing it
wrong. Sigh...


--

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes
may be the biggest mistake of all.

...Peter McWilliams