[robertcompton]

When I type in a date in MS Word, eg "1 November 2006", automatically a
window appears such as "2006-11-01 press enter to insert". I am not a touch
typist and therefore having typed in the date I do not detect this, as I'm
not looking at my screen when the window appears. How do I switch this
automatic formatting off? I seem to waste a lot of time having to return to
correct a date as it now appears as eg "1 November 2006-11-01"

[Stefan Blom]

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options. Click the AutoText tab.
Clear the option to "Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and dates."
Click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
When I type in a date in MS Word, eg "1 November 2006",
automatically a
window appears such as "2006-11-01 press enter to insert". I am not
a touch
typist and therefore having typed in the date I do not detect this,
as I'm
not looking at my screen when the window appears. How do I switch
this
automatic formatting off? I seem to waste a lot of time having to
return to
correct a date as it now appears as eg "1 November 2006-11-01"

[robertcompton]

I tried this but the AutoText tab did not display "Show AutoComplete tip for
AutoText and dates" - it gave a list of options such as "yours sincerely" etc

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options. Click the AutoText tab.
Clear the option to "Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and dates."
Click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
When I type in a date in MS Word, eg "1 November 2006",
automatically a
window appears such as "2006-11-01 press enter to insert". I am not
a touch
typist and therefore having typed in the date I do not detect this,
as I'm
not looking at my screen when the window appears. How do I switch
this
automatic formatting off? I seem to waste a lot of time having to
return to
correct a date as it now appears as eg "1 November 2006-11-01"

[Stefan Blom]

I'm not currently using a recent version of Word; perhaps the option
has a different name. Is there a similar option, such as "Show
AutoComplete suggestions"? If so, try clearing that one.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
I tried this but the AutoText tab did not display "Show AutoComplete
tip for
AutoText and dates" - it gave a list of options such as "yours
sincerely" etc

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options. Click the AutoText
tab.
Clear the option to "Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and
dates."
Click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
When I type in a date in MS Word, eg "1 November 2006",
automatically a
window appears such as "2006-11-01 press enter to insert". I am
not
a touch
typist and therefore having typed in the date I do not detect
this,
as I'm
not looking at my screen when the window appears. How do I
switch
this
automatic formatting off? I seem to waste a lot of time having
to
return to
correct a date as it now appears as eg "1 November 2006-11-01"

[robertcompton]

Detective Inspector Robert Compton has been on the case for an hour and has
at last run the culprit to his hiding place.
It is "Tools" - "Options" - "View" - "Show" - Clear "Screen Tips" box.
Thanks for your help, Stefan.
Who would have thought that Bill Gates would have hidden it here!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

I'm not currently using a recent version of Word; perhaps the option
has a different name. Is there a similar option, such as "Show
AutoComplete suggestions"? If so, try clearing that one.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
I tried this but the AutoText tab did not display "Show AutoComplete
tip for
AutoText and dates" - it gave a list of options such as "yours
sincerely" etc

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options. Click the AutoText
tab.
Clear the option to "Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and
dates."
Click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
When I type in a date in MS Word, eg "1 November 2006",
automatically a
window appears such as "2006-11-01 press enter to insert". I am
not
a touch
typist and therefore having typed in the date I do not detect
this,
as I'm
not looking at my screen when the window appears. How do I
switch
this
automatic formatting off? I seem to waste a lot of time having
to
return to
correct a date as it now appears as eg "1 November 2006-11-01"

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad you got it sorted.

However, see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...389541033.aspx
("Automatically insert the current date").

Also note that turning off ScreenTips makes it impossible to rest the
mouse pointer on (say) a footnote reference and have Word display the
text of the note. For more on ScreenTips, see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...902701033.aspx
("Show or hide ScreenTips").

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
Detective Inspector Robert Compton has been on the case for an hour
and has
at last run the culprit to his hiding place.
It is "Tools" - "Options" - "View" - "Show" - Clear "Screen Tips"
box.
Thanks for your help, Stefan.
Who would have thought that Bill Gates would have hidden it here!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

I'm not currently using a recent version of Word; perhaps the
option
has a different name. Is there a similar option, such as "Show
AutoComplete suggestions"? If so, try clearing that one.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
I tried this but the AutoText tab did not display "Show
AutoComplete
tip for
AutoText and dates" - it gave a list of options such as "yours
sincerely" etc

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options. Click the
AutoText
tab.
Clear the option to "Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and
dates."
Click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"robertcompton" wrote in message
...
When I type in a date in MS Word, eg "1 November 2006",
automatically a
window appears such as "2006-11-01 press enter to insert".
I am
not
a touch
typist and therefore having typed in the date I do not
detect
this,
as I'm
not looking at my screen when the window appears. How do I
switch
this
automatic formatting off? I seem to waste a lot of time
having
to
return to
correct a date as it now appears as eg "1 November
2006-11-01"