Insert Date and Time does not contain all formats!

[Guest]

I have a user who is attempting to use several different date and time
formats, however when she goes into Insert - Date and Time (Word 2002), it
only offers her very few options. We have replaced her normal template
several times with ones that have the correct formats but she is still unable
to get them. I am not sure what else to do, please help!!

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

What format do you want?

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm


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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

What format do you want?

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm


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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Guest]

Doug:

That was not the answer I needed. The issue is that the "standard" date
formats are not showing for this user when she goes into Insert - Date &
Time. I should not have to format anything or add anything for that matter
these date formats should be a part of the general normal template.

Thanks!
Liela

 

[Guest]

Doug:

That was not the answer I needed. The issue is that the "standard" date
formats are not showing for this user when she goes into Insert - Date &
Time. I should not have to format anything or add anything for that matter
these date formats should be a part of the general normal template.

Thanks!
Liela

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In my version of Word, there are seventeen listings in the Insert | Date and
Time dialog. The first two are the short and long date formats I've selected
in Control Panel | Regional Options. The next nine are various (mostly
useless) date formats, the following two combine date and time, and the last
four are time formats. I take it that you are seeing something different?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In my version of Word, there are seventeen listings in the Insert | Date and
Time dialog. The first two are the short and long date formats I've selected
in Control Panel | Regional Options. The next nine are various (mostly
useless) date formats, the following two combine date and time, and the last
four are time formats. I take it that you are seeing something different?

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

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all may benefit.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Don't use it. Use templates that already have createdate fields in the right
place.

Insert > Date inserts a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field.
This field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of
inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button).

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

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Charles Kenyon

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[Charles Kenyon]

Don't use it. Use templates that already have createdate fields in the right
place.

Insert > Date inserts a DATE or TIME field rather than a CREATEDATE field.
This field should be put in the original template if possible (instead of
inserting using the keyboard shortcut or header/footer toolbar button).

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide



My criminal defense lawyer site: http://addbalance.com.
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[Guest]

Suzanne:

In my version of Word I see what you see however the user only has 13 date
and time formats and the long date and short date are not there for her. She
is looking for the date formats like "November 2, 2004" or "11/2/2004" or
"11/2/04". These are the ones she does not have despite replacing her normal
template. You mentioned changing the regional options in the control panel,
do you think that would fix this issue for this user and if so can you
explain that fix a little more as I have never heard that.

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Suzanne:

In my version of Word I see what you see however the user only has 13 date
and time formats and the long date and short date are not there for her. She
is looking for the date formats like "November 2, 2004" or "11/2/2004" or
"11/2/04". These are the ones she does not have despite replacing her normal
template. You mentioned changing the regional options in the control panel,
do you think that would fix this issue for this user and if so can you
explain that fix a little more as I have never heard that.

Thanks!

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Check the format of the Long and Short dates under the Control Panel.

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Hope this helps.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Check the format of the Long and Short dates under the Control Panel.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP