automatic date will put in the month but not day and year.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Add the desired formatting switch to the date field that is revealed when
you press Alt+F9

{ DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" }

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[Midge]

When I tried Alt+F9 nothing happened. I don't understand why this happened
the date used to come up fine until just the other day.
Thanks, Midge

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Then use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters and type the text inside
them.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I suspect the OP is talking about the AutoComplete issue with typing dates,
not using date fields at all.