How to I stop the date appearing in that annoying american format

[Crumb]

When I type a letter in Microsoft Word I get the date appearing in american.
I can't not press enter as I need to get onto the next line. How to I
prevent this or make it insert the date in English? Thanks.

 

[Gregory K. Maxey]

That feature is fickle, but you might try:

Go to Insert/Date and Time
- Select the Date/Time format
- Click Default and then OK
(Do this even if your format is already the default)
- Exit Word
- Open the Regional Settings and set your Long Date Style (or short date)
If it is already set correctly, select another, Apply it, select your
date format and then Apply it
- Start Word and see if AutoComplete is now correct 12 July 2008



BTW "American" is capitalized just like "English" and you might not have
been around to experience it, but I would suspect that many of your English
compatriots weren't so awfully annoyed by those Americans on December 8,
1941.

 

[Crumb]

When I type a letter in Microsoft Word I get the date appearing in american.
I can't not press enter as I need to get onto the next line. How to I
prevent this or make it insert the date in English? Thanks.

Sorry, a minor slip up there. No offence intended. Correct me if I'm
wrong, but haven't we only just finished paying back that loan?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, by December 8, 1941, they were thoroughly sick and tired of our
isolationism. But the date format in question is not US any more than it is
UK, and no one really knows where it comes from or how to avoid it. Changing
the date format in Regional Settings doesn't seem to help, either, IIRC.

 

[Gregory K. Maxey]

Thank you ;-)

Sorry, a minor slip up there. No offence intended. Correct me if I'm
wrong, but haven't we only just finished paying back that loan?