I have Vista Ultimate on my new computer, and am using MS Word 2003 (yes, for
me it meets all my needs, and I didn't get 2007 - maybe later). I also have
SP3 installed.

The only available date formats are now the following:

Monday, 2008-0407 2008-01-7
08-04-07
08-Apr -7
2008/04/07
08-Apr. -7
7 April 2008 03-04
Apr-08
2008-01-07 13:11
13:11
1:11:56 PM 13: 11:56

How can I insert a normal date, such as "April 7, 2008"?

That is the most commonly used format, but I seem to have lost it. I
realize I can just type in the whole thing, but that format used to be there.

Thanks in advance.

cjj

That's odd. I have Word 2003 (2007, too) running in Vista Ultimate. But, I
have April 7, 2008 as one of my choices in Date and Time.

What locale/language is listed in the Date and Time dialog box? Mine is
English (U.S.) Is that choice available to you?

If I set it to English (Canada), April 7, 2008 no longer appears as an
option.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"carl jordan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FA6A7461-5C50-4FD0-BEC9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have Vista Ultimate on my new computer, and am using MS Word 2003 (yes,
>for
> me it meets all my needs, and I didn't get 2007 - maybe later). I also
> have
> SP3 installed.
>
> The only available date formats are now the following:
>
> Monday, 2008-0407 2008-01-7
> 08-04-07
> 08-Apr -7
> 2008/04/07
> 08-Apr. -7
> 7 April 2008 03-04
> Apr-08
> 2008-01-07 13:11
> 13:11
> 1:11:56 PM 13: 11:56
>
> How can I insert a normal date, such as "April 7, 2008"?
>
> That is the most commonly used format, but I seem to have lost it. I
> realize I can just type in the whole thing, but that format used to be
> there.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> cjj

Thanks, but that wasn't it. It is set to English (U.S.).

Perhaps I should just re-install the program, and see if that will correct it.

Where I am it is about 3:30 am, so I will have to do it another time.

I will get back to the group on this.



"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

> That's odd. I have Word 2003 (2007, too) running in Vista Ultimate. But, I
> have April 7, 2008 as one of my choices in Date and Time.
>
> What locale/language is listed in the Date and Time dialog box? Mine is
> English (U.S.) Is that choice available to you?
>
> If I set it to English (Canada), April 7, 2008 no longer appears as an
> option.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "carl jordan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FA6A7461-5C50-4FD0-BEC9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have Vista Ultimate on my new computer, and am using MS Word 2003 (yes,
> >for
> > me it meets all my needs, and I didn't get 2007 - maybe later). I also
> > have
> > SP3 installed.
> >
> > The only available date formats are now the following:
> >
> > Monday, 2008-0407 2008-01-7
> > 08-04-07
> > 08-Apr -7
> > 2008/04/07
> > 08-Apr. -7
> > 7 April 2008 03-04
> > Apr-08
> > 2008-01-07 13:11
> > 13:11
> > 1:11:56 PM 13: 11:56
> >
> > How can I insert a normal date, such as "April 7, 2008"?
> >
> > That is the most commonly used format, but I seem to have lost it. I
> > realize I can just type in the whole thing, but that format used to be
> > there.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > cjj
>
>

If you want a specific choice that is not shown in Insert | Date and Time,
then you need to select this as your default short or long (as appropriate)
date format in whatever is the Vista equivalent of Control Panel | Regional
and Language Options.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"carl jordan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:81B41FB6-A271-44DD-B885-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, but that wasn't it. It is set to English (U.S.).
>
> Perhaps I should just re-install the program, and see if that will correct
> it.
>
> Where I am it is about 3:30 am, so I will have to do it another time.
>
> I will get back to the group on this.
>
>
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> That's odd. I have Word 2003 (2007, too) running in Vista Ultimate. But,
>> I
>> have April 7, 2008 as one of my choices in Date and Time.
>>
>> What locale/language is listed in the Date and Time dialog box? Mine is
>> English (U.S.) Is that choice available to you?
>>
>> If I set it to English (Canada), April 7, 2008 no longer appears as an
>> option.
>>
>> --
>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>
>>
>> "carl jordan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:FA6A7461-5C50-4FD0-BEC9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have Vista Ultimate on my new computer, and am using MS Word 2003
>> >(yes,
>> >for
>> > me it meets all my needs, and I didn't get 2007 - maybe later). I also
>> > have
>> > SP3 installed.
>> >
>> > The only available date formats are now the following:
>> >
>> > Monday, 2008-0407 2008-01-7
>> > 08-04-07
>> > 08-Apr -7
>> > 2008/04/07
>> > 08-Apr. -7
>> > 7 April 2008 03-04
>> > Apr-08
>> > 2008-01-07 13:11
>> > 13:11
>> > 1:11:56 PM 13: 11:56
>> >
>> > How can I insert a normal date, such as "April 7, 2008"?
>> >
>> > That is the most commonly used format, but I seem to have lost it. I
>> > realize I can just type in the whole thing, but that format used to be
>> > there.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > cjj
>>
>>

Thank you. That did it instantly. I also changed the short date format
while I was at it.

Thanks again.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> If you want a specific choice that is not shown in Insert | Date and Time,
> then you need to select this as your default short or long (as appropriate)
> date format in whatever is the Vista equivalent of Control Panel | Regional
> and Language Options.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "carl jordan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:81B41FB6-A271-44DD-B885-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks, but that wasn't it. It is set to English (U.S.).
> >
> > Perhaps I should just re-install the program, and see if that will correct
> > it.
> >
> > Where I am it is about 3:30 am, so I will have to do it another time.
> >
> > I will get back to the group on this.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> That's odd. I have Word 2003 (2007, too) running in Vista Ultimate. But,
> >> I
> >> have April 7, 2008 as one of my choices in Date and Time.
> >>
> >> What locale/language is listed in the Date and Time dialog box? Mine is
> >> English (U.S.) Is that choice available to you?
> >>
> >> If I set it to English (Canada), April 7, 2008 no longer appears as an
> >> option.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> >> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> >> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> >> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "carl jordan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:FA6A7461-5C50-4FD0-BEC9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I have Vista Ultimate on my new computer, and am using MS Word 2003
> >> >(yes,
> >> >for
> >> > me it meets all my needs, and I didn't get 2007 - maybe later). I also
> >> > have
> >> > SP3 installed.
> >> >
> >> > The only available date formats are now the following:
> >> >
> >> > Monday, 2008-0407 2008-01-7
> >> > 08-04-07
> >> > 08-Apr -7
> >> > 2008/04/07
> >> > 08-Apr. -7
> >> > 7 April 2008 03-04
> >> > Apr-08
> >> > 2008-01-07 13:11
> >> > 13:11
> >> > 1:11:56 PM 13: 11:56
> >> >
> >> > How can I insert a normal date, such as "April 7, 2008"?
> >> >
> >> > That is the most commonly used format, but I seem to have lost it. I
> >> > realize I can just type in the whole thing, but that format used to be
> >> > there.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> > cjj
> >>
> >>
>
>
>