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change date format using autocomplete
When I enter a date, AUTOCOMPLETE offers to complete the date. However, the
date format default is "m/dd/yy". I want to change this default format but cannot find where to do so. I want the format to be "mmmm dd, yyyy". Any ideas on how to change this format? |
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change date format using autocomplete
Insert | Date and Time | Select your format here and make it the default.
-- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "rail_rascal" wrote: When I enter a date, AUTOCOMPLETE offers to complete the date. However, the date format default is "m/dd/yy". I want to change this default format but cannot find where to do so. I want the format to be "mmmm dd, yyyy". Any ideas on how to change this format? |
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Thanks for your response. When I set this default format as you pointed out
below, it does not appear to alter the format used when I start to type a date. For example, when you type the following, 7/26, you get a hint display box that reads, "7/26/06 (Press ENTER to insert)". If I press ENTER, autocomplete types, "7/26/06". Instead, I want autocomplete to type, "July 26, 2006". Any ideas? "Carol" wrote: Insert | Date and Time | Select your format here and make it the default. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "rail_rascal" wrote: When I enter a date, AUTOCOMPLETE offers to complete the date. However, the date format default is "m/dd/yy". I want to change this default format but cannot find where to do so. I want the format to be "mmmm dd, yyyy". Any ideas on how to change this format? |
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change date format using autocomplete
Have you tried starting to type "July "? Generally, speaking, Word will
AutoComplete the short or long date format you have selected in Control Panel | Regional Options depending on whether what you are typing is a short or long date. The default selected in Insert | Date and Time has no effect on AutoComplete; it only determines what date you get when you use the Alt+Shift+D shortcut (which gives you a DATE field). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "rail_rascal" wrote in message ... Thanks for your response. When I set this default format as you pointed out below, it does not appear to alter the format used when I start to type a date. For example, when you type the following, 7/26, you get a hint display box that reads, "7/26/06 (Press ENTER to insert)". If I press ENTER, autocomplete types, "7/26/06". Instead, I want autocomplete to type, "July 26, 2006". Any ideas? "Carol" wrote: Insert | Date and Time | Select your format here and make it the default. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "rail_rascal" wrote: When I enter a date, AUTOCOMPLETE offers to complete the date. However, the date format default is "m/dd/yy". I want to change this default format but cannot find where to do so. I want the format to be "mmmm dd, yyyy". Any ideas on how to change this format? |
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Thanks Suzanne. Control Panel - Regional Options seems to allow some control
for the AutoComplete. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you tried starting to type "July "? Generally, speaking, Word will AutoComplete the short or long date format you have selected in Control Panel | Regional Options depending on whether what you are typing is a short or long date. The default selected in Insert | Date and Time has no effect on AutoComplete; it only determines what date you get when you use the Alt+Shift+D shortcut (which gives you a DATE field). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "rail_rascal" wrote in message ... Thanks for your response. When I set this default format as you pointed out below, it does not appear to alter the format used when I start to type a date. For example, when you type the following, 7/26, you get a hint display box that reads, "7/26/06 (Press ENTER to insert)". If I press ENTER, autocomplete types, "7/26/06". Instead, I want autocomplete to type, "July 26, 2006". Any ideas? "Carol" wrote: Insert | Date and Time | Select your format here and make it the default. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "rail_rascal" wrote: When I enter a date, AUTOCOMPLETE offers to complete the date. However, the date format default is "m/dd/yy". I want to change this default format but cannot find where to do so. I want the format to be "mmmm dd, yyyy". Any ideas on how to change this format? |
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