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Default How to remove the day from the date in a letter?

I have one computer that inserts the day of the week on the date line. I have
tried to reformat the date line, but it keeps inserting the day of the week.
How can I fix this?
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Assuming that this is some sort of a date field, you can edit the underlying
field code so that it fits the format you want. Press Alt+F9 to show the
field code. You should see something like this: { DATE \@ "DDDD MMMM DD
YYYY" }.

Tell us which format you want, and we can tell you how to achieve it.

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I have one computer that inserts the day of the week on the date line. I
have
tried to reformat the date line, but it keeps inserting the day of the
week.
How can I fix this?



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Default How to remove the day from the date in a letter?

As Stefan says, you can edit the field code directly. If the date field is
in the letter template, that's where you need to edit it (see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/DateFields.htm for more information on
the field syntax). But if you're inserting the date using Alt+Ctrl+D, then
Word is using the format you selected as the default in Insert | Date and
Time. Open that dialog, select the format you prefer, and click Default...

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I have one computer that inserts the day of the week on the date line. I
have
tried to reformat the date line, but it keeps inserting the day of the
week.
How can I fix this?


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