Try going in to Microsoft word, Tools, language and setting it there. Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Hill To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:36 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Insert date Sorry folks. I'm using Word 2003. Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: George Bell To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:22 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Insert date With what program, Barry? George. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Hill Sent: 28 September 2006 13:00 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Insert date Hi all I've just noticed that when I insert a date using alt I, the format is the American style with the month first. How do I put it back to the English version? Thanks Barry