Re: How to suppress autotext US date format after typing current y   

And further to this can anyone tell me how to get the templates in Word 2007 
to display English format dates once you select "today" in the drop down date 
box. I have all the usual settings corrected to ensure the whole damn system 
is default English for all date, time settings etc.

Thanks.

"Ken" wrote:

> "Inconvenience" and "annoyance" are too mild for this maddening feature of 
> Word.  Surely someone at MS should have realised by now that it is not clever 
> to program Word to automatically create impossible forms like "3 November 
> 2005.11.03" and "November 3, 2005.03.11".  But I gather that this nonsense 
> has been carried forward to Word 2003.
> 
> But there is a workaround, which works for me in Word 2002.
> 
> The problem typically arises where the date appears in the form "3 November 
> 2005" or "November 3, 2005" at the end of a paragraph and it is therefore 
> followed by a fullstop (period) after which one presses Enter.  Suzanne has 
> already mentioned that one can prevent this nonsense by adding a space after 
> the fullstop, and the addition of the space can be automated by using 
> Autocorrect and entering "2005." in the Replace column and "2005. " (ie with 
> a space added) in the With column.  (In both caes the quotes are omitted.)
> 
> The nonsense only happens in relation to the current year so one need only 
> create an entry for the current year, although it would make sense to do so 
> for, say, the next five years by which time MS is bound to have come to its 
> senses.
> 
> This workaround doesn't solve the problem where 2005 is followed by Enter 
> (or Tab) without a fullstop, and a similar autocorrect entry for this 
> situation could be more of a nuisance than a help.  But this situation is 
> probably a fairly rare occurrence for most users, especially seeing that the 
> autocomplete of the date does not operate in tables.
> 
> Ken
> 
> "Bagrat" wrote:
> 
> > Many thanks for your advice - the CreateDate approach sounds like the best 
> > solution.
> > 
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > 
> > > Unfortunately, there is no real cure for this annoyance. Obviously, you can
> > > prevent it by turning off AutoComplete, but that's a pretty draconian
> > > approach. The next-best solution is to get into the habit of pressing the
> > > spacebar before Enter or Tab so that the "correction" doesn't fire. Another
> > > approach is to create templates with CreateDate fields in them so that you
> > > don't have to type the date. Incidentally, the date format Word forces on
> > > you is not a common U.S. one, either and is equally inconvenient here.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > "Bagrat"  wrote in message
> > > news:7D3AA7A1-2251-465C-98A9-632BF9858FCE@microsoft.com...
> > > > Simply typing the current year '2005' produces an autotext offer of the
> > > > current date in US format, e.g. '2005-02-08'.  This is very inconvenient,
> > > > because by hitting return after typing a date in UK format, e.g. '8
> > > February
> > > > 2005', you get a crazy result like '8 February 2005-02-08'.  I have
> > > Regional
> > > > settings and language settings both set to UK and UK English respectively.
> > > > Please tell me how I can suppress this particular autotext feature.  Many
> > > > thanks.
> > > 
> > >

date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:00:01 -0700   author:   peter

Re: How to suppress autotext US date format after typing current y   

The language settings of a document are formatting parameters of that 
document. The date drop down merely reflects the language at the cursor 
point (as indicated by the language box top right of the drop down dialog). 
You would need to select all the document and apply UK English and modify 
the language parameters of the paragraph styles of the template for an 
American designed template to be truly UK English.

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peter wrote:
> And further to this can anyone tell me how to get the templates in
> Word 2007 to display English format dates once you select "today" in
> the drop down date box. I have all the usual settings corrected to
> ensure the whole damn system is default English for all date, time
> settings etc.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Ken" wrote:
>
>> "Inconvenience" and "annoyance" are too mild for this maddening
>> feature of Word.  Surely someone at MS should have realised by now
>> that it is not clever to program Word to automatically create
>> impossible forms like "3 November 2005.11.03" and "November 3,
>> 2005.03.11".  But I gather that this nonsense has been carried
>> forward to Word 2003.
>>
>> But there is a workaround, which works for me in Word 2002.
>>
>> The problem typically arises where the date appears in the form "3
>> November 2005" or "November 3, 2005" at the end of a paragraph and
>> it is therefore followed by a fullstop (period) after which one
>> presses Enter.  Suzanne has already mentioned that one can prevent
>> this nonsense by adding a space after the fullstop, and the addition
>> of the space can be automated by using Autocorrect and entering
>> "2005." in the Replace column and "2005. " (ie with a space added)
>> in the With column.  (In both caes the quotes are omitted.)
>>
>> The nonsense only happens in relation to the current year so one
>> need only create an entry for the current year, although it would
>> make sense to do so for, say, the next five years by which time MS
>> is bound to have come to its senses.
>>
>> This workaround doesn't solve the problem where 2005 is followed by
>> Enter (or Tab) without a fullstop, and a similar autocorrect entry
>> for this situation could be more of a nuisance than a help.  But
>> this situation is probably a fairly rare occurrence for most users,
>> especially seeing that the autocomplete of the date does not operate
>> in tables.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> "Bagrat" wrote:
>>
>>> Many thanks for your advice - the CreateDate approach sounds like
>>> the best solution.
>>>
>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, there is no real cure for this annoyance.
>>>> Obviously, you can prevent it by turning off AutoComplete, but
>>>> that's a pretty draconian approach. The next-best solution is to
>>>> get into the habit of pressing the spacebar before Enter or Tab so
>>>> that the "correction" doesn't fire. Another approach is to create
>>>> templates with CreateDate fields in them so that you don't have to
>>>> type the date. Incidentally, the date format Word forces on you is
>>>> not a common U.S. one, either and is equally inconvenient here.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> "Bagrat"  wrote in message
>>>> news:7D3AA7A1-2251-465C-98A9-632BF9858FCE@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Simply typing the current year '2005' produces an autotext offer
>>>>> of the current date in US format, e.g. '2005-02-08'.  This is
>>>>> very inconvenient, because by hitting return after typing a date
>>>>> in UK format, e.g. '8 February 2005', you get a crazy result like
>>>>> '8 February 2005-02-08'.  I have Regional settings and language
>>>>> settings both set to UK and UK English respectively. Please tell
>>>>> me how I can suppress this particular autotext feature.  Many
>>>>> thanks.

date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:26:06 +0300   author:   Graham Mayor