[Vicky]

I understand their is no way to turn off or on. On my home computer it works
fine. At work it doesnt work on several of the machines used by my students.
Any thoughts? It is strange that it works on some computers on a network
and not others.

Thanks!

[Stefan Blom]

You can still turn the setting on or off by using a macro. Try the following
for the users/computers where it isn't working:

Sub EnableAutoCompleteDates()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True
End Sub

If you need assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I understand their is no way to turn off or on. On my home computer it
works
fine. At work it doesnt work on several of the machines used by my
students.
Any thoughts? It is strange that it works on some computers on a network
and not others.

Thanks!

[Vicky]

I've read that. So this is the only way. Isnt it odd that it works on some
machines ina group and not others?



"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can still turn the setting on or off by using a macro. Try the following
for the users/computers where it isn't working:

Sub EnableAutoCompleteDates()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True
End Sub

If you need assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I understand their is no way to turn off or on. On my home computer it
works
fine. At work it doesnt work on several of the machines used by my
students.
Any thoughts? It is strange that it works on some computers on a network
and not others.

Thanks!

[Stefan Blom]

Indeed, in Word 2007 you can only change the setting via a macro. (Word Help
states that you cannot turn it off.) If you have turned it on, and it still
doesn't work correctly, verify that the correct language is applied to text.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I've read that. So this is the only way. Isnt it odd that it works on
some
machines ina group and not others?



"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can still turn the setting on or off by using a macro. Try the
following
for the users/computers where it isn't working:

Sub EnableAutoCompleteDates()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True
End Sub

If you need assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I understand their is no way to turn off or on. On my home computer it
works
fine. At work it doesnt work on several of the machines used by my
students.
Any thoughts? It is strange that it works on some computers on a
network
and not others.

Thanks!

[dswtan]

2 years on from the thread below and 2 service packs later, I have to say I'm
surprised this is still not fixed, i.e. default off and an option to switch
it on that doesn't require reprogramming Word with a macro.

Like the poster below, bizarrely my wife and I found that it (date
autocomplete), which she did not want on and had been driving her nuts for
months, only occurred on her machine and none of mine (tried 2). One
difference was that she had her language set to UK English whereas mine is
set to US English. Perhaps this may explain some of the apparent
inconsistency that people are seeing?

Sure the workaround is just pressing "escape" if you don't want the
autocomplete suggestion, but I'm still surprised this wasn't fixed in a
service pack.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:
Indeed, in Word 2007 you can only change the setting via a macro. (Word Help
states that you cannot turn it off.) If you have turned it on, and it still
doesn't work correctly, verify that the correct language is applied to text.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I've read that. So this is the only way. Isnt it odd that it works on
some
machines ina group and not others?



"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can still turn the setting on or off by using a macro. Try the
following
for the users/computers where it isn't working:

Sub EnableAutoCompleteDates()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True
End Sub

If you need assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I understand their is no way to turn off or on. On my home computer it
works
fine. At work it doesnt work on several of the machines used by my
students.
Any thoughts? It is strange that it works on some computers on a
network
and not others.

Thanks!

[CyberTaz]

I appreciate your point but there's no need to press ESC or use any other
workaround... If you don't want to press Enter to accept the date just keep
typing & the AutoComplete Tip will go away of its own accord.

HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 6/7/09 12:34 PM, in article
, "dswtan"
wrote:

2 years on from the thread below and 2 service packs later, I have to say I'm
surprised this is still not fixed, i.e. default off and an option to switch
it on that doesn't require reprogramming Word with a macro.

Like the poster below, bizarrely my wife and I found that it (date
autocomplete), which she did not want on and had been driving her nuts for
months, only occurred on her machine and none of mine (tried 2). One
difference was that she had her language set to UK English whereas mine is
set to US English. Perhaps this may explain some of the apparent
inconsistency that people are seeing?

Sure the workaround is just pressing "escape" if you don't want the
autocomplete suggestion, but I'm still surprised this wasn't fixed in a
service pack.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:
Indeed, in Word 2007 you can only change the setting via a macro. (Word Help
states that you cannot turn it off.) If you have turned it on, and it still
doesn't work correctly, verify that the correct language is applied to text.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I've read that. So this is the only way. Isnt it odd that it works on
some
machines ina group and not others?



"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can still turn the setting on or off by using a macro. Try the
following
for the users/computers where it isn't working:

Sub EnableAutoCompleteDates()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True
End Sub

If you need assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I understand their is no way to turn off or on. On my home computer it
works
fine. At work it doesnt work on several of the machines used by my
students.
Any thoughts? It is strange that it works on some computers on a
network
and not others.

Thanks!

[dswtan]

Good point Bob -- unfortunately my wife's scenario was to start a letter with
the date at the top and press enter (CR) immediately after that, thus hitting
the autocomplete every time she wrote a letter, which was at least weekly.

So just a nit then, but we expect high polish from the premier word
processing app. :-)

"CyberTaz" wrote:
I appreciate your point but there's no need to press ESC or use any other
workaround... If you don't want to press Enter to accept the date just keep
typing & the AutoComplete Tip will go away of its own accord.

HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 6/7/09 12:34 PM, in article
, "dswtan"
wrote:

2 years on from the thread below and 2 service packs later, I have to say I'm
surprised this is still not fixed, i.e. default off and an option to switch
it on that doesn't require reprogramming Word with a macro.

Like the poster below, bizarrely my wife and I found that it (date
autocomplete), which she did not want on and had been driving her nuts for
months, only occurred on her machine and none of mine (tried 2). One
difference was that she had her language set to UK English whereas mine is
set to US English. Perhaps this may explain some of the apparent
inconsistency that people are seeing?

Sure the workaround is just pressing "escape" if you don't want the
autocomplete suggestion, but I'm still surprised this wasn't fixed in a
service pack.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:
Indeed, in Word 2007 you can only change the setting via a macro. (Word Help
states that you cannot turn it off.) If you have turned it on, and it still
doesn't work correctly, verify that the correct language is applied to text.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I've read that. So this is the only way. Isnt it odd that it works on
some
machines ina group and not others?



"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can still turn the setting on or off by using a macro. Try the
following
for the users/computers where it isn't working:

Sub EnableAutoCompleteDates()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True
End Sub

If you need assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I understand their is no way to turn off or on. On my home computer it
works
fine. At work it doesnt work on several of the machines used by my
students.
Any thoughts? It is strange that it works on some computers on a
network
and not others.

Thanks!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the letter template contains the CreateDate field, it isn't necessary to
t ype the date.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"dswtan" wrote in message
...
Good point Bob -- unfortunately my wife's scenario was to start a letter
with
the date at the top and press enter (CR) immediately after that, thus
hitting
the autocomplete every time she wrote a letter, which was at least weekly.

So just a nit then, but we expect high polish from the premier word
processing app. :-)

"CyberTaz" wrote:
I appreciate your point but there's no need to press ESC or use any other
workaround... If you don't want to press Enter to accept the date just
keep
typing & the AutoComplete Tip will go away of its own accord.

HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 6/7/09 12:34 PM, in article
, "dswtan"
wrote:

2 years on from the thread below and 2 service packs later, I have to
say I'm
surprised this is still not fixed, i.e. default off and an option to
switch
it on that doesn't require reprogramming Word with a macro.

Like the poster below, bizarrely my wife and I found that it (date
autocomplete), which she did not want on and had been driving her nuts
for
months, only occurred on her machine and none of mine (tried 2). One
difference was that she had her language set to UK English whereas mine
is
set to US English. Perhaps this may explain some of the apparent
inconsistency that people are seeing?

Sure the workaround is just pressing "escape" if you don't want the
autocomplete suggestion, but I'm still surprised this wasn't fixed in a
service pack.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:
Indeed, in Word 2007 you can only change the setting via a macro.
(Word Help
states that you cannot turn it off.) If you have turned it on, and it
still
doesn't work correctly, verify that the correct language is applied to
text.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I've read that. So this is the only way. Isnt it odd that it works
on
some
machines ina group and not others?



"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can still turn the setting on or off by using a macro. Try the
following
for the users/computers where it isn't working:

Sub EnableAutoCompleteDates()
Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True
End Sub

If you need assistance, see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Vicky" wrote in message
...
I understand their is no way to turn off or on. On my home
computer it
works
fine. At work it doesnt work on several of the machines used by my
students.
Any thoughts? It is strange that it works on some computers on a
network
and not others.

Thanks!