Autocomplete of CURRENT date is misbehaving - Word 2002

[Bob]

Autocomplete of CURRENT Month/Day/Year has
been 'misbehaving'. For some reason it DID work
temporarily and then stopped working again. I'm running
WIN XP PRO. I create many training certificates
requiring the current date.

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I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS (per HELP file)
Type the first four characters of the current date.
For example, type febr for February. Microsoft Word
displays the current month: "February."

Press ENTER to insert the month, and then type a space.
Word displays the current date - for example, "February
13, 2002" or "13 February 2002."

Press ENTER to insert the entire date.
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HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS INSTEAD:
If I key "Augu" + "enter" + "space" + "enter" the cursor
advances to the next line after fully spelling "August".
This is where the problem is noticed.

Entering 4 char. of month gives me the message to
press "enter".
Pressing "enter" puts the full month's spelling on the
screen.
TYPING A SPACE does "not" give me the msg. to hit 'enter'
in order to automatically add the day and year.

THINGS TRIED:
* I've started Word with /A switch. - Still won't work.
* Renamed Normal.dot
* Detect & Repair
* Reloaded Word 2002
* My computer's date is correct.
* Typing FULL month "August" followed by a "spacebar" and
the "first digit" of the numeric date, WILL complete the
entire date properly.

Help would be appreciated!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Most of us have noticed this phenomenon for several versions. The Help file
is wrong. You get help with either the month name or the entire date, not
both. If you ignore the AutoComplete tip for August and finish typing it,
then press the Spacebar, Word will offer to complete the date; otherwise
not.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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