When I type a date, e.g. 11th March 2005, the computer wants to add the date
in American format i.e. 2005-3-11. How can I stop this happening?

This is not a Word issue but a Windows issue. Go to the control panel
"Regional and Language Options," where you will find the UK date style you
want. You may have to restart the computer to activate it.

"Lin J. Macmillan" Lin J. wrote in
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When I type a date, e.g. 11th March 2005, the computer wants to add the
date
in American format i.e. 2005-3-11. How can I stop this happening?

Thank you for responding. I have checked the regional and language options
which are set to UK. Date format is in Uk style. I restarted the computer,
but I am still having the problem.

"Richard Neville" wrote:

This is not a Word issue but a Windows issue. Go to the control panel
"Regional and Language Options," where you will find the UK date style you
want. You may have to restart the computer to activate it.

"Lin J. Macmillan" Lin J. wrote in
message ...
When I type a date, e.g. 11th March 2005, the computer wants to add the
date
in American format i.e. 2005-3-11. How can I stop this happening?

This is an AutoComplete frustration that afflicts some Word users and not
others. The only known workaround is to insert a space after 2005 before
pressing Enter or Tab. (And note that 2005-3-11 is not an "American format"
and is just as annoying to USians as to Europeans.)

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Lin J. Macmillan" Lin J. wrote in
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When I type a date, e.g. 11th March 2005, the computer wants to add the
date
in American format i.e. 2005-3-11. How can I stop this happening?

This is part of the autocomplete function in Word and cannot be turned off
without turning off all the autocomplete portion of autotext. There are ways
around it - for today's date insert it with a macro or a field (maybe a
CREATEDATE field in your document template). For typing dates in the context
of a document, add a space after the date and the autocomplete will be
ignored. If the extra unwanted stuff is added, CTRL+Z will remove it.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Lin J. Macmillan wrote:
Thank you for responding. I have checked the regional and language
options which are set to UK. Date format is in Uk style. I
restarted the computer, but I am still having the problem.

"Richard Neville" wrote:

This is not a Word issue but a Windows issue. Go to the control panel
"Regional and Language Options," where you will find the UK date
style you want. You may have to restart the computer to activate it.

"Lin J. Macmillan" Lin J.
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When I type a date, e.g. 11th March 2005, the computer wants to add
the date
in American format i.e. 2005-3-11. How can I stop this happening?