Document Properties

[Gerry Atrick]

I still use Word 97 but have just discovered an 'annoyance'. When I view a
documents properties dates (such as Created and Printed) they are in d mmm
yyyy format. However when I choose to print the properties dates are shown
as Month followed by 2 digit year only. What has happened the day? I
cannot see any options for setting up the format of the Properties box.
Any help/advice will, as usual, be much appreciated.


Michael

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This might depend on your default short date or long date format as set in
Windows Regional Options.

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[Gerry Atrick]

No, ma'am. Regional settings set to dd mmm yyyy for long date and dd mm
yyyy for short date.
But thanks for your reply anyway.

Michael

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In that case it's just another of the "Word annoyances" we all love so much.

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[Gerry Atrick]

You ain't not goin' to believe this (or perhaps you will) - but today when I
printed Document properties lo and behold day month and year are all
showing!!! I stand in awe of your influence. Don't know how you do it - but
thanks again.
More seriously, still on the subject of Document Properties - in the Custom
Tab what format should I use when entering date data. Whatever form I use
is rejected with error message "value entered does not match with the
specified type". The date is however taken as text. I have tried every
format of date I can think of.

Michael

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I believe that one does have to match your specified Short Date format in
Regional Options; at least that seems to be true in form fields.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Gerry Atrick]

I believe that one does have to match your specified Short Date format in
Regional Options; at least that seems to be true in form fields.

Thanks again, Suzanne. I have now pinpointed the problem. In my Regional
setting for short date I had a 'space' as the separator instead of a "/" or
a "-". Just goes to show how very sensitive Word can be (not to mention
Word users!).
As ever I am grateful to you for all the advice and help you provide through
this and other NGs.

Michael