MS Word: Automatic Date Editing

[robertcompton]

When I type in a date in MS Word, eg "1 November 2006", automatically a
window appears such as "2006-11-01 press enter to insert". I am not a touch
typist and therefore having typed in the date I do not detect this, as I'm
not looking at my screen when the window appears. How do I switch this
automatic formatting off? I seem to waste a lot of time having to return to
correct a date as it now appears as eg "1 November 2006-11-01"

 

[Stefan Blom]

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options. Click the AutoText tab.
Clear the option to "Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and dates."
Click OK.

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[robertcompton]

I tried this but the AutoText tab did not display "Show AutoComplete tip for
AutoText and dates" - it gave a list of options such as "yours sincerely" etc

 

[Stefan Blom]

I'm not currently using a recent version of Word; perhaps the option
has a different name. Is there a similar option, such as "Show
AutoComplete suggestions"? If so, try clearing that one.

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[robertcompton]

Detective Inspector Robert Compton has been on the case for an hour and has
at last run the culprit to his hiding place.
It is "Tools" - "Options" - "View" - "Show" - Clear "Screen Tips" box.
Thanks for your help, Stefan.
Who would have thought that Bill Gates would have hidden it here!

 

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad you got it sorted.

However, see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP052389541033.aspx
("Automatically insert the current date").

Also note that turning off ScreenTips makes it impossible to rest the
mouse pointer on (say) a footnote reference and have Word display the
text of the note. For more on ScreenTips, see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP051902701033.aspx
("Show or hide ScreenTips").

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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