Word 2003 autoinsert date should work as advertized

[kitsune8889t]

Before installation of IE7, you could do what the help file says (type first
four letters of month, press [Enter], type [Space], press [Enter]) to
automatically insert the current date in Word 2003. Since the install, if
you let Word autocomplete the month, then type a space, no suggestion comes
up to autocomplete the rest of the date. You have to manually type the whole
month for the autocomplete to kick in the date. Tried installing all Office
updates, to fix. No help. It's only a few more keystrokes, but it's really
irritating to have to adjust to. Please fix.

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[Beth Melton]

This has been an ongoing issue with dates for some time now. The way I
found to make it work is after the month is completed, press the
backspace to delete the space after the month and press the space bar
again.

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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[Sharon BD]

Your suggestion is exactly what I needed to find. Thanks Beth!

This has been an ongoing issue with dates for some time now. The way I
found to make it work is after the month is completed, press the
backspace to delete the space after the month and press the space bar
again.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Office 2007 Preview Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_archive.mspx

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

Before installation of IE7, you could do what the help file says
(type first
four letters of month, press [Enter], type [Space], press [Enter])
to
automatically insert the current date in Word 2003. Since the
install, if
you let Word autocomplete the month, then type a space, no
suggestion comes
up to autocomplete the rest of the date. You have to manually type
the whole
month for the autocomplete to kick in the date. Tried installing
all Office
updates, to fix. No help. It's only a few more keystrokes, but
it's really
irritating to have to adjust to. Please fix.

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Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
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and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...d&dg=microsoft.public.word.application.errors