[Nicholas J]

When I create a document with a date (say an agenda for next week) and type
"24 October 2007" a pop-up offers me '2007-10-16 (Press ENTER to Insert'.

If you do press Enter you get "24 October 2007-10-16" which is totally
useless so I have to press space or something instead. Not a huge problem,
but it is very annoying when often pressing Enter is exactly what you want to
do to get to next line.

Is there some way to turn off this 'helpful' feature?

Word 2007, Vista Home Premium.

[Stefan Blom]

To turn off AutoComplete in Word 2007, run this code:

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = False

The easiest way is to start the Visual Basic Editor (press Alt+F11), press
Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window, type the code, and press Enter.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
When I create a document with a date (say an agenda for next week) and
type
"24 October 2007" a pop-up offers me '2007-10-16 (Press ENTER to Insert'.

If you do press Enter you get "24 October 2007-10-16" which is totally
useless so I have to press space or something instead. Not a huge problem,
but it is very annoying when often pressing Enter is exactly what you want
to
do to get to next line.

Is there some way to turn off this 'helpful' feature?

Word 2007, Vista Home Premium.

[Nicholas J]

Thanks for the prompt response. Will this turn off all AutoComplete
functionality though?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

To turn off AutoComplete in Word 2007, run this code:

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = False

The easiest way is to start the Visual Basic Editor (press Alt+F11), press
Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window, type the code, and press Enter.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
When I create a document with a date (say an agenda for next week) and
type
"24 October 2007" a pop-up offers me '2007-10-16 (Press ENTER to Insert'.

If you do press Enter you get "24 October 2007-10-16" which is totally
useless so I have to press space or something instead. Not a huge problem,
but it is very annoying when often pressing Enter is exactly what you want
to
do to get to next line.

Is there some way to turn off this 'helpful' feature?

Word 2007, Vista Home Premium.

[Stefan Blom]

In Word 2007, AutoComplete works only for dates, so you won't lose any other
functionality when turning it off. (Especially note that AutoCorrect is not
affected; that's a different feature.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the prompt response. Will this turn off all AutoComplete
functionality though?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

To turn off AutoComplete in Word 2007, run this code:

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = False

The easiest way is to start the Visual Basic Editor (press Alt+F11),
press
Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window, type the code, and press Enter.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
When I create a document with a date (say an agenda for next week) and
type
"24 October 2007" a pop-up offers me '2007-10-16 (Press ENTER to
Insert'.

If you do press Enter you get "24 October 2007-10-16" which is totally
useless so I have to press space or something instead. Not a huge
problem,
but it is very annoying when often pressing Enter is exactly what you
want
to
do to get to next line.

Is there some way to turn off this 'helpful' feature?

Word 2007, Vista Home Premium.

[Nicholas J]

Stefan my friend you are a hero. This worked a dream - very many thanks!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

In Word 2007, AutoComplete works only for dates, so you won't lose any other
functionality when turning it off. (Especially note that AutoCorrect is not
affected; that's a different feature.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the prompt response. Will this turn off all AutoComplete
functionality though?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

To turn off AutoComplete in Word 2007, run this code:

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = False

The easiest way is to start the Visual Basic Editor (press Alt+F11),
press
Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window, type the code, and press Enter.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
When I create a document with a date (say an agenda for next week) and
type
"24 October 2007" a pop-up offers me '2007-10-16 (Press ENTER to
Insert'.

If you do press Enter you get "24 October 2007-10-16" which is totally
useless so I have to press space or something instead. Not a huge
problem,
but it is very annoying when often pressing Enter is exactly what you
want
to
do to get to next line.

Is there some way to turn off this 'helpful' feature?

Word 2007, Vista Home Premium.

[Stefan Blom]

Glad I could help. :-)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
Stefan my friend you are a hero. This worked a dream - very many thanks!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

In Word 2007, AutoComplete works only for dates, so you won't lose any
other
functionality when turning it off. (Especially note that AutoCorrect is
not
affected; that's a different feature.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the prompt response. Will this turn off all AutoComplete
functionality though?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

To turn off AutoComplete in Word 2007, run this code:

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = False

The easiest way is to start the Visual Basic Editor (press Alt+F11),
press
Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window, type the code, and press
Enter.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Nicholas J" wrote in message
...
When I create a document with a date (say an agenda for next week)
and
type
"24 October 2007" a pop-up offers me '2007-10-16 (Press ENTER to
Insert'.

If you do press Enter you get "24 October 2007-10-16" which is
totally
useless so I have to press space or something instead. Not a huge
problem,
but it is very annoying when often pressing Enter is exactly what
you
want
to
do to get to next line.

Is there some way to turn off this 'helpful' feature?

Word 2007, Vista Home Premium.