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In Region and Language when I set the date as follows: dddd, MMMM d, yyyy It shows this way: Sunday, December 2, 2012 Yet when I use the insert date and time in Word it comes out: Sunday, December 02, 2012 Until this latest Windows or Vista I never had this problem. Any ideas?
I use Windows 7, Microsoft Word 2007.
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It is highly unlikely that you will screw it up. The downside would be directly proportional to the degree of screw up as highly as unlikely as that is.
IMHO Word is like a Maserti. Those who elect not to use macros keep it in first gear.
FWIW, I encountered this problem myself just this morning on a relatively new installation. When I started to type "Wednesday," the AutoComplete suggestion was "Wednesday, December 05, 2012," which was, of course, not what I wanted. When I looked at the Date and Time dialog (this is in Word 2003), "Wednesday, December 5, 2012" was not one of the options. So I went to the Region and Language folder in Control Panel (Windows 7), and that was not one of the options in the short list there, either (as I suspected, "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy" was currently selected as the default Long Date format). It is necessary to click the button for Additional Settings... and then select the Date tab, where the date format can then be customized. As soon as I made the change and closed Control Panel and returned to Word, the Date and Time dialog reflected the change.
FWIW, I encountered this problem myself just this morning on a relatively new installation. When I started to type "Wednesday," the AutoComplete suggestion was "Wednesday, December 05, 2012," which was, of course, not what I wanted. When I looked at the Date and Time dialog (this is in Word 2003), "Wednesday, December 5, 2012" was not one of the options. So I went to the Region and Language folder in Control Panel (Windows 7), and that was not one of the options in the short list there, either (as I suspected, "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy" was currently selected as the default Long Date format). It is necessary to click the button for Additional Settings... and then select the Date tab, where the date format can then be customized. As soon as I made the change and closed Control Panel and returned to Word, the Date and Time dialog reflected the change.
Thanks. As mentioned in my original post, I always have used Region and Language in Control Panel to set the correct format for dates. Only very recently has it not worked. Here is the date in Region and Language after I corrected it:
dddd, MMMM d, yyyy
And yet after closing Control Panel and opening a new page in Word it still reads:
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Unfortunately, I cannot replicate your issue in any version of Word (2003, 2007, 2010) under Windows 7. Note that your original question still doesn't say what version of Word or Windows you have; you can edit your post to correct this.
Unfortunately, I cannot replicate your issue in any version of Word (2003, 2007, 2010) under Windows 7. Note that your original question still doesn't say what version of Word or Windows you have; you can edit your post to correct this.
Okay Suzanne I just edited my original post per your suggestion.