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Convert date text (not field)? e.g. from 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006
Using Word 2002, can I automatically change the way dates are typed
throughout a document? For example, all dates written as 05/07/06 or 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006. Is there a macro out there that will do this? |
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Convert date text (not field)? e.g. from 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006
Excel makes this easy, but not Word. If there aren't too many dates, you
might do it manually using the Find and replace menu. You could enter "/06" (or whatever year) in the Find what box, and replace with "/2006," etc. Do the same for the day and month, but be sure to include the / mark in you Find what instruction. "KimberlyWP" wrote in message ... Using Word 2002, can I automatically change the way dates are typed throughout a document? For example, all dates written as 05/07/06 or 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006. Is there a macro out there that will do this? |
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Convert date text (not field)? e.g. from 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006
Wow that was fast! Thank you so much for responding, Richard. I had a
feeling this would be much easier in Excel. Unfortunately I have a 48-page document (a rush, of course) that is filled with xx/xx/xx dates and all very different dates, mind you. I did the search/replace on several, but was only able to correct a few. Too many to count and as this thing is going to District Attorney offices and a state governmental entity, I want it to look pirty. Someday a smart programmer will figure out how to do this when the dates don't involve fields. I hope. :-) Thanks again for your very quick response. I appreciate it. Kimberly "Richard O. Neville" wrote: Excel makes this easy, but not Word. If there aren't too many dates, you might do it manually using the Find and replace menu. You could enter "/06" (or whatever year) in the Find what box, and replace with "/2006," etc. Do the same for the day and month, but be sure to include the / mark in you Find what instruction. "KimberlyWP" wrote in message ... Using Word 2002, can I automatically change the way dates are typed throughout a document? For example, all dates written as 05/07/06 or 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006. Is there a macro out there that will do this? |
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Convert date text (not field)? e.g. from 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006
If they are actually 'hard' dates you can simply use Find & Replace.
-- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "KimberlyWP" wrote in message ... Using Word 2002, can I automatically change the way dates are typed throughout a document? For example, all dates written as 05/07/06 or 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006. Is there a macro out there that will do this? |
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Convert date text (not field)? e.g. from 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006
I should have phrased my original question better and added "other than using
the Find/Replace feature (like perhaps a macro exists that I'm not aware of)." I really didn't think it could be done, but didn't want to spend an afternoon trying to find out how to do this when there's no possible way other than manually. Unfortunately, the document is huge and the dates I'm working with go back over a ten-year span and are all different--not many dates are repeated. Thank you for responding! Kimberly "CyberTaz" wrote: If they are actually 'hard' dates you can simply use Find & Replace. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "KimberlyWP" wrote in message ... Using Word 2002, can I automatically change the way dates are typed throughout a document? For example, all dates written as 05/07/06 or 5/7/06 to May 7, 2006. Is there a macro out there that will do this? |
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