change default date/time in track changes comments

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I am working in a Word document using UK English as the default language. I
sent it to a UK colleague to review. She has returned it with tracked
changes - however, the date attached to her comments is in US format, ie
mm/dd/yyyy, and the time is showing AM/PM. How can I change the date format
to dd/mm/yyyy and the time to 24hr clock? Thanks.

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Pippa

To get control of languages in Word, you need to get the Windows, Office and
Word language settings all lined up. In this case, I seem to remember that
it's the Office settings that control the format of dates for comments.

To see how to get them lined up, see
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word