Date format in Office 2004 v11 for mac dd/mm/yyyy

[AK]

I can find no way of persuading the various programs that a date
should be displayed as dd/mm/yyyy, even though this is the setting in
OS X. Is there a fix?
Thanks

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I can find no way of persuading the various programs that a date
should be displayed as dd/mm/yyyy, even though this is the setting in
OS X. Is there a fix?

Changing the system settings works for me...

Did you restart the Office App? Each app picks up the system settings on
startup. Changing the system settings after that doesn't affect the app.

 

[AK]

Changing the system settings works for me...

Did you restart the Office App? Each app picks up the system settings on
startup. Changing the system settings after that doesn't affect the app.

Yes, the system settings were in place some months before I installed
Office. Would it make any difference that I have the student edition?
(It obviously shouldn't...)
If it works for you maybe it is an OS X problem - the Apple mail app
also gets dates the "wrong" way round. I am on OS X 10.2.8 - what are
you using? I will try asking the question on the Apple discussions
site.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Yes, the system settings were in place some months before I installed
Office. Would it make any difference that I have the student edition?
(It obviously shouldn't...)
If it works for you maybe it is an OS X problem - the Apple mail app
also gets dates the "wrong" way round. I am on OS X 10.2.8 - what are
you using? I will try asking the question on the Apple discussions
site.

I'm using OS 10.3.5. Since it happens in Apple Mail, I suspect you're
right about it being an OS issue.