[Terry Farrell]

I always thought that alt+shft+D inserted the date in the short date format
defined in Regional settings in the Control panel.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"D Brian" D wrote in message
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I use Word 2007. I set the default date format by clicking Date & Time in
the
Text section under the Insert tab on the ribbon. I choose the format I
want
and click Default. I make sure the €œUpdate automatically€� box is not
checked.
Then I click OK. The date is inserted in the format I chose and it does
not
automatically update. Everything works fine up to this point. My problem
comes when I then try to insert the date using the keyboard shortcut
Alt+Shift+D. According to several Word 2007 discussion groups, when
Alt+Shift+D is used the date should be inserted with the default format,
but
that doesnt happen when I do it. Another format is inserted. Also, the
date
automatically updates even though the update box was not checked in the
Date
and Time dialog box. I found a solution to the update problem but it is a
little cumbersome €“ Immediately after I insert the date with Alt+Shift+D,
I
use the left arrow key to back up into the date field, then I do
Ctrl+Shift+F9. This unlinks the field from the automatic update process.
But
I have not found a solution to the format problem. Ideally, I would like
to
use one keyboard shortcut to insert a date that is not updated, in the
format
I choose. Is it possible to do this? Do I need to create a macro? Any
suggestions would be helpful.