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Automatically inserting the date is not working
even though the "Show AutoComplete suggestions" checkbox is checked, the date
is not inserting. if i type "janu" it does prompt me to hit enter for "January" but then once i hit enter and then type a space it does not prompt me for "January 4, 2005" (the current date). the suggestion is to make sure the above named checkbox is checked, which it is. any other suggestions? |
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This feature is sporadic and often gets the month part OK but breaks
down with the day and year. A good option is to create a date stamp that you can add quickly with a keyboard shortcut. The following macro stored in your template can be assigned to a keyboard shortcut to quickly insert the current date. Sub DateStamp() ' ' Inserts current date Selection.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="MMMM" & Chr(160) & "d," & Chr(160) & "yyyy", InsertAsField:=False End Sub -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support lawstudent4719 wrote: even though the "Show AutoComplete suggestions" checkbox is checked, the date is not inserting. if i type "janu" it does prompt me to hit enter for "January" but then once i hit enter and then type a space it does not prompt me for "January 4, 2005" (the current date). the suggestion is to make sure the above named checkbox is checked, which it is. any other suggestions? |
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You get one or the other. If you complete the month manually and press the
spacebar, you'll be prompted for the entire date; if you accept the AutoComplete suggestion for the month, you've blown your chances of getting the full date. Yes, it's a bug. Greg's suggestion of a macro is one way around the problem. Alternatively, if you can use a DATE or CREATEDATE field, you can save that as an AutoText entry; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm. -- 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. "lawstudent4719" wrote in message ... even though the "Show AutoComplete suggestions" checkbox is checked, the date is not inserting. if i type "janu" it does prompt me to hit enter for "January" but then once i hit enter and then type a space it does not prompt me for "January 4, 2005" (the current date). the suggestion is to make sure the above named checkbox is checked, which it is. any other suggestions? |
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