Would someone please tell me how to change the date format displaying in my
Word documents? My dates are showing e.g. February 10, 2006 as 10/02/2006.
I'd like it to display as 02/10/2006.
thanks,
Ted

Have you tried changing the Short Date format in Windows Control Panel |
Regional Options? This makes that date format available to be selected as
the default in Insert | Date and Time.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Ted" wrote in message
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Would someone please tell me how to change the date format displaying in
my
Word documents? My dates are showing e.g. February 10, 2006 as
10/02/2006.
I'd like it to display as 02/10/2006.
thanks,
Ted

The control panel shows date format as 02/10/2006. However word shows the
date as 10/02/2006. I reopenned Word to no avail and tried to change to
another short date format.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you tried changing the Short Date format in Windows Control Panel |
Regional Options? This makes that date format available to be selected as
the default in Insert | Date and Time.

--
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.

"Ted" wrote in message
...
Would someone please tell me how to change the date format displaying in
my
Word documents? My dates are showing e.g. February 10, 2006 as
10/02/2006.
I'd like it to display as 02/10/2006.
thanks,
Ted

Have you selected MM/dd/yyyy as your default date in Insert | Date and Time?

--
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.

"Ted" wrote in message
...
The control panel shows date format as 02/10/2006. However word shows the
date as 10/02/2006. I reopenned Word to no avail and tried to change to
another short date format.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you tried changing the Short Date format in Windows Control Panel |
Regional Options? This makes that date format available to be selected
as
the default in Insert | Date and Time.

--
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.

"Ted" wrote in message
...
Would someone please tell me how to change the date format displaying
in
my
Word documents? My dates are showing e.g. February 10, 2006 as
10/02/2006.
I'd like it to display as 02/10/2006.
thanks,
Ted