Auto-text for date not working

[Kathy]

On multiple Windows XP Pro pcs, with Office/Word 2007, I can't get the
Auto-text to work for the dates. I start typing in the first 4 letters of
the month on some machines and get a pop-up saying to press Enter to enter
the date. i.e. July 7, 2009.

On other machines with the same build, you have to type the entire date in,
or use Insert/ Date/Time.

If someone can tell me why this works for some machines and not the others,
I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Lene Fredborg]

AutoComplete (which only works for dates in Word 2007) may have been disabled
on some of the machines. There is no access to turn on/off the AutoComplete
function via the user interface in Word 2007. You can enable AutoComplete for
dates as follows:

1. Pres Alt+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).

2. Press Ctrl+G to activate/open the Immediate window (bottom of VBE window).

3. Enter the following (or copy from below and paste):

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True

4. Press Return.

5. You can now close the VBE window (Alt+Q or File > Close and Return to
Microsoft Word).


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Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
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Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[Kathy]

Do I have to be in the Normal heading or the Project heading? Will this work
for all documents created after I add the statement?

 

[Kathy]

When I open VBE for my profile, I am able to do the Auto-Corrected date.
When someone else logs on, they can't do the date.

I have the Developer tab open and had done some Macros, but I don't think
this helps. In VBE for the other users, there is nothing in the VBE window.

In the VBE window for me, there are three "sections" 1 says Project -
Normal, the window to the right of that shows a Macro I had created, and the
third window is the Immediate window.

How do I get do this for the other users? Does it have to do with the
Normal.dotm template?

Thanks!

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Did you try to follow the instruction in my previous post?

It does not matter what you see in the VBE window beforehand. When you press
Ctrl+G, a window (or pane) with the title “Immediate†opens (if it is open
beforehand, the focus moves to it so you are ready for typing text). You only
need the Immediate window in this case.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[Kathy]

Yes, I put the statement in, but when the other user logged on, it was gone.
I tried to add the statement as the user, but it didn't bring up the date
after I closed VBE.

Is there a way to copy my auto-text from my machine to another one?

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Actually, it is not an AutoText that is in play in this situation. It is the
function referred to as AutoComplete. Therefore, there is no AutoText to copy.

Since you have tried changing the setting per user and since that does not
seem to have any effect, I am afraid I will not be able to help you solve the
problem. Hopefully, somebody else will be able to help.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[Kathy]

Thanks for the effort! I really appreciate it.