Auto dates in word 97?

[steve]

I recognize that this is off topic for 97vba, how ever I have asked
this question else where and got no answers. My office is stuck on
word 97, and its hard to get any help on this old version. Im hoping
that people will be able to help me.

Is there anyway to change the default auto date that is put in a
document when you begin to type it.

eg you type in Janu and it competes it with January then you press
space and it completes it with 09 (as if you cant type the 09
yourself) But what would be really nice is if at the beginning of
typing Janu it auto completed to January 27 2009 or even if when if
when you press space after January it auto completed with 09 2009.

I know there are macros and things but isnt there a way to do this
with the auto feature.

thanks

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Look at the way that you have the default dates set under the Regional and
Language Options in the Windows Control Panel.

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"steve" <steve...@lycos.com> wrote in message
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[steve]

Sadly this does not change the way things work.

The help says :
First turn on AutoComplete by clicking AutoText on the AutoText
toolbar and then selecting the Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and
dates check box. In your document, type the first few characters of
the date ¾ for example, type jun for today's date. When Word suggests
the entire date ¾ such as "June 2, 1997" ¾ press ENTER or F3 to accept
it. To reject the date, press ESC or just keep typing.

But when I type February[space] it only completes the date by putting
in "09" not the full date?

Regards

[Peter Jamieson]

If it can't be done, it can't be done.

For the case where you want to enter today's date, it's probably simpler
to insert a field such as

{ CREATEDATE \@"MMMM D, YYYY" }

(where the {} are the special field code braces you can enter using ctrl-F9)

Select that, then create an autotext called (for example) "tdy"

Then of course you have to remember to type "tdy" followed by the enter key.

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

steve wrote:
> Sadly this does not change the way things work.
>
> The help says :
> First turn on AutoComplete by clicking AutoText on the AutoText
> toolbar and then selecting the Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and
> dates check box. In your document, type the first few characters of

> the date ž for example, type jun for today's date. When Word suggests
> the entire date ž such as "June 2, 1997" ž press ENTER or F3 to accept