|  | Change Date Content Control to UK format | | |
| | | Mary Ann |  |
|  Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: Change Date Content Control to UK format |  |
I have inserted a Cover Page (Insert tab, Pages group) and used the Date
content control. It shows in the American format i.e. mm/dd/yyyy. How can I
change this to be the UK format?
Also, is it a date which automatically updates, or is static? If it
automatically updates, how do I change that setting? |
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| | | Suzanne S. Barnhill | |
| | Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Change Date Content Control to UK format | |
The formatting of date fields in Word is generally dependent on your Windows
default settings for date format.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Mary Ann" <MaryAnn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have inserted a Cover Page (Insert tab, Pages group) and used the Date
content control. It shows in the American format i.e. mm/dd/yyyy. How can
I
change this to be the UK format?
Also, is it a date which automatically updates, or is static? If it
automatically updates, how do I change that setting?
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| | | Mary Ann | |
| | Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:56 am Post subject: Re: Change Date Content Control to UK format | |
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Thanks for your reply Suzanne.
The Control Panel, Regional and Language options, are set to United Kingdom
and the date shows there in the format I want i.e. 19/09/2008. My automatic
date fields appear elsewhere in the UK format e.g. in Excel or when I use the
Insert, Date and Time in Word. It’s only these controls on the Cover Pages
that I’ve found use the US format.
Do you have any further thoughts?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
| Quote: | The formatting of date fields in Word is generally dependent on your Windows
default settings for date format.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Mary Ann" <MaryAnn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF280CC2-9C82-4D54-AAF1-D4589BB11B72@microsoft.com...
I have inserted a Cover Page (Insert tab, Pages group) and used the Date
content control. It shows in the American format i.e. mm/dd/yyyy. How can
I
change this to be the UK format?
Also, is it a date which automatically updates, or is static? If it
automatically updates, how do I change that setting?
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| | | Cindy M. | |
| | Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: Re: Change Date Content Control to UK format | |
Hi Suzanne,
| Quote: | The formatting of date fields in Word is generally dependent on your Windows
default settings for date format.
Actually, no, it's dependent on the language formatting applied to the text in |
which the date field stands.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
LINK (last update Jun 17 2005)
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| | | Peter Jamieson | |
| | Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Change Date Content Control to UK format | |
I suggest you do this:
a. click the Developer tab. if you do not see it, check Office Button->Word
Options->Popular->Show Developer tab in the Ribbon
b. click Design Mode in the "Controls" group
c. Right-click the date control, click Properties, and set the format you
want.
d. click Design mode again
If you're going to be using this cover page a lot, it's probably worth
saving the modified version as a Quick Part, separate document or whatever.
--
Peter Jamieson
LINK
"Mary Ann" <MaryAnn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF280CC2-9C82-4D54-AAF1-D4589BB11B72@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | I have inserted a Cover Page (Insert tab, Pages group) and used the Date
content control. It shows in the American format i.e. mm/dd/yyyy. How can
I
change this to be the UK format?
Also, is it a date which automatically updates, or is static? If it
automatically updates, how do I change that setting? |
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| | | Suzanne S. Barnhill | |
| | Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Change Date Content Control to UK format | |
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According to Cindy, you may need to change the language at the insertion
point to English (U.K.).
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Mary Ann" <MaryAnn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Thanks for your reply Suzanne.
The Control Panel, Regional and Language options, are set to United
Kingdom
and the date shows there in the format I want i.e. 19/09/2008. My
automatic
date fields appear elsewhere in the UK format e.g. in Excel or when I use
the
Insert, Date and Time in Word. It's only these controls on the Cover Pages
that I've found use the US format.
Do you have any further thoughts?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The formatting of date fields in Word is generally dependent on your
Windows
default settings for date format.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Mary Ann" <MaryAnn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF280CC2-9C82-4D54-AAF1-D4589BB11B72@microsoft.com...
I have inserted a Cover Page (Insert tab, Pages group) and used the Date
content control. It shows in the American format i.e. mm/dd/yyyy. How
can
I
change this to be the UK format?
Also, is it a date which automatically updates, or is static? If it
automatically updates, how do I change that setting?
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