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Table Cell Number Format
I have a table that has a DATE column. I want to be able to enter a date in
a cell in that column in any format, e.g. 10/12/06 or October 12, 2006 or 10-12-2006, and have Word reformat it automatically to 12-Oct-2006. Is that possible? |
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Table Cell Number Format
Hi Pat,
I have a table that has a DATE column. I want to be able to enter a date in a cell in that column in any format, e.g. 10/12/06 or October 12, 2006 or 10-12-2006, and have Word reformat it automatically to 12-Oct-2006. Is that possible? Word isn't designed to support automatic date or number formatting, such as Excel has. Only by running a macro at some point can you change the text (you have to actually change the text, same as you'd type it in). If you have to enter a lot of data, it might make more sense to type it into Excel, then display it in Word by copying the table, the pasting it into Word with a link. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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