AutoComplete Date - Setup Question

[Jim]

I have Word 2003, SP2. With the previous version, if I typed four letters
of a date (such as Febr) and pressed enter, the month was entered. If I
then added a space and clicked enter, the day and year were added to the
document. With Word 2003, the month autocompletes, but the rest of the date
won't apply. I have the "show autocomplete suggestions" box checked under
AutoText. What steps are needed to set up this Word version to perform like
the last?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Greg Maxey]

Jim,

All you say is true and discussed several times in these NGs. The
AutoComplete date feature is fickle. Sometimes it works and at other
times
it doesn't. I have given up on it and use a DateStamp macro that I
assigned a
keystroke shortcut.


Sub DateStamp()
' Inserts current date
Selection.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="MMMM dd, yyyy",
InsertAsField:=False
End Sub


See: http://www.gmayor.dsl.pipex.com/installing_macro.htm for help
installing macros.