Changing "Createdate" format in Wrod 2003

[Mike1041]

One standard formatting of CreateDate is in the form of "26 September 2008"
I want to change the format to automatically enter the date in the form of
"26th day of September, 2008".

 

[Jay Freedman]

One standard formatting of CreateDate is in the form of "26 September 2008"
I want to change the format to automatically enter the date in the form of
"26th day of September, 2008".

You'll have to do it with two copies of the CreateDate field plus some plain
text. With field codes displayed, it should look like this:

{CREATEDATE \@ "d" \*ordinal} day of {CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM, yyyy"}

 

[Mike1041]

I tried this; however, it did not work. Is the syntax correct?

 

[Jay Freedman]

It works for me, in both Word 2003 and 2007. In what way does it fail for you?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Did you use CTRL+F9 for the field boundaries (or insert the two fields from
the insert field dialog) or merely type them?
See also the relevant section of
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
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