Why won't my program automatically insert the date when I start t

[Guest]

I have to type the full date instead of just the first four letters. Why?

 

[Stefan Blom]

For Word 2003, see this article:

Turn on or off AutoComplete
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051895851033.aspx?pid=CH060831691033

If you are using Word 2007, do this to enable autocomplete for dates: Press
Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to display the
Immediate window. Type

Application.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = True

and press Enter. Close the Visual Basic Editor.


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[Guest]

I have Word 2007. I did exactly that, but it didn't turn it on. Any other
suggestions?

 

[Beth Melton]

Are you saying you do not see the AutoComplete tip at all or are you seeing
it only for the month and not the full date?

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[Guest]

The tip doesn't come up at all. Any ideas?

Are you saying you do not see the AutoComplete tip at all or are you seeing
it only for the month and not the full date?

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Guest]

Beth, I'm having this same problem. Word 2007 didn't finish "typing"
November or the date itself. I did what you suggested to "Teacher" and now
November finishes, but not the date/year. Any suggestions? Thanks much!

 

[DaBaur]

We're having the same issue. If I type "Nove" I get the pop up to complete
the date if I press Enter and it does complete- however it will not put in
the day/month. Pressing the spacebar does nothing. I edited the VB script
as suggested above and it did not fix the issue. I have 300 very unhappy
users.