[mso] Re: Auto-dating in Word with Dashes, not dots or slashes (MS Word 2003)

Use Insert > Field and then choose the appropriate DATE field you need,
which allows you to make the modifications to the date that you need.

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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gaynel
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:53 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Auto-dating in Word with Dashes, not dots or slashes (MS
Word 2003)

 
  Hi there,

 

I have a macro that auto formats every Word document that I have.

In the older version of Word, when I auto-dated the document, the date had
dashes.  

This newer version of Word does not show a format with dashes (-).

I am doing this under Insert/Date & Time.  I 

 

Is there a way to auto date a document with the dashes instead of the
slashes or periods?

 

Thanks

Gaynel



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