Auto Text entry that I can't get rid off

[Guest]

Hi all,

I work in the UK and our date format is DAY/MONTH/YEAR – i.e. today would be
04/09/2005, however when I’m in Word and I type 2005 an auto text entry wants
to complete with 2005-09-04.

I’ve noticed this with Word 2000 and 2002.

I’ve found that if I go to INSERT>AUTOTEXT> click on the AUTO TEXT TAB and
uncheck AUTO COMPLETE TIP FOR AUTO TEXT AND DATES this stops it from
happening. However I think this is a little over the top and would prefer to
seek out the entry and alter it but I can’t find it anywhere.

I’ve checked my regional settings and bios and they are fine so it’s not
picking the date details up from there.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I’d be very grateful. My
operating system by the way is Windows XP proff.


Cheers



Greg

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

This isn't an AutoText entry that you can delete. It's a known bug that you
have to put up with, as far as I know. You've found the radical solution.

The US doesn't use 2005-09-04 in Word documents either.

Accustom yourself to hitting space or ESC to prevent the AutoText from
finishing.

I'm merely parroting what I've seen said here previously, so you can search
in hopes of finding a different answer that I've forgotten--the question has
come up before.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If there's a more satisfactory answer, I haven't seen it. This behavior
would have to qualify as a bug IMO, and I haven't seen a message from anyone
who likes it. I guess we can always hope it will be fixed in Word 12, but
I'm not holding my breath!

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

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